In My Father's House Are Many Mansions!

 

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.  John 14:1-3

These are Jesus's own words!  I was feeling a little down the other day and when I opened my Bible to do my daily reading, this was it.  

The Lord prompted me to look up "come" as in "I will come again" and "receive"

"I will come" is the Greek Word   erchomai , which means   to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving and of those returning;  to appear, make one's appearance, come before the public

"Receive" is the Greek Word  paralambanō, which means to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self  as an associate, a companion

Interestingly enough this is the exact same word used in Matthew 24:40-41 for the phrase "will be taken"

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 

What I'm trying to say here is that in these first 3 verses of John 14, Jesus is telling us that He is gong to Heaven to prepare our homes and then He's going to "come again" (or come down here where we are and make an appearance) and then receive us (take us as friends and companions) back to where He is (In heaven) so that we can be with Him!

Jesus is describing the rapture here! It can't be the Second Coming because Jesus takes us back to Heaven.  And He's telling us to not be worried, troubled, or concerned. This IS GOING TO HAPPEN, and He will come to get us. So be of good courage and watch and wait. He's coming!