John 14:1-4
Jesus said to his disciples, "Don't be worried! Have faith in
God and have faith in me. There are many rooms in my Father
house. I wouldn't tell you this, unless it was true. I'm
going there to prepare a place for each of you.
after I've done this, I'll come back and take you with
me. Then we'll be together. You
know the way to where I'm going."
What Jesus meant that we would know the way where He was going
is that once risen from death whereever Jesus would be, we
would know how to get to Him. Meaning where Jesus could go we would
be able to also.
As to where Jesus was going after His death,
John 14:28
You have already heard me say that I am going and that I will
also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad
that I am going back to the Father, because he is
greater than I am.
John 13:31-36
I quote verse 36:
Simon Peter asked, "Lord where are you going?"
Jesus answered, "You can't go with me now, but later on
you will."
So unless Jesus was lying baout going back to the Father or
unless this Father was't the God of Abraham, there are verses who
indicated that Jesus meant to say that His followers would be risen
to stay with Him who is with the Father in heaven(the place where
God lives, called the house of God to the Jews).
MP,
Clarification. House of Yahweh to the Jews is the Temple, which
has been destroyed. Icy correct me if I am wrong.
Revelation 21:1-4
1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also
there was no more sea. 2 Then I,
John,[a] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God
Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall
be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the
earth.
Revelation 3:12
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God,
and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God
and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes
down out of heaven from My God. And I will write
on him My new name.
MP, have a think about it.
These two verses that you used still do not show me that we will
go to heaven when it is all said and done. If you read Psalm 37 it
is very clear where we will be, here on earth after it is all said
and done and the verses in Revelation Chapter 21, support this more
so than "going" to heaven.The righteous will inherit the earth, the
meek shall inherit the earth.
Following on from your verses, if Yeshua is going back to the
Father, and according to Revelation, the Father is coming down to
dwell with us. Where will we be?