John 14:2-3
“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 unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
King James Version
Jesus' promise to prepare a place in the Father's house and to return personally to receive His own to Himself.
Fulfillment References
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Acts 1:11 John 17:24 Revelation 21:3
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus, the one God in flesh, prepares the place and returns personally; to be 'where I am' is to dwell forever with the Lord.
JewishNot a Jewish text as such; the imagery of dwelling places and a returning master draws on the hope of God dwelling with His people.
CatholicChrist's promise to prepare a place and return to gather His own — the hope of heaven and the Parousia.
ProtestantA cherished promise of Christ's personal return to receive believers to Himself; central to the 'blessed hope.'
OrthodoxChrist's preparation of eternal dwelling and His return to unite the faithful to Himself in the Father's house.
DispensationalA primary rapture promise: Christ returns to receive the Church to the Father's house, distinct from His later return to earth.
AcademicScholars note Johannine 'dwelling' (mone) language and the interplay of future return and realized presence via the Spirit.
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