UNLEARNING THE LIES ABOUT HEAVEN - 7

IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS – WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Jesus said to his disciples in John 14:2 that “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”

For many hundreds of years now in the body of Christ, this has been translated to mean that there are mansions in Heaven prepared for believers who go there to live forever after they die. This is very contradicting to the purpose of God for the Kingdom. The Bible made it clear that the Kingdom of God will be established on earth many times both in the OT and in the NT (see lessons 2 & 3). So a dream of living in a beautiful gigantic building in heaven cannot be true. Since this is the only place in the entire bible that MANSIONS in the Father’s house was mentioned. So as not to fall into error, good bible students will not use this verse in isolation but do a proper exegesis to see if this was actually referring to the claim above.

Now, follow closely…

Jesus said; Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Now the disciples were at first troubled when Jesus told them about this mansion in his father’s house.  So we must first understand why they are troubled before we understand the meaning of jesus’ statement.

It is important to note that Jesus in the preceding chapter has just told them about his death and glorification and that he will leave them for A MOMENT. This was what made the disciples to be troubled. They never wanted Jesus to leave, they were afraid of what could befall them and all sort of things…

See what he said towards the end of Chapter 13…

 VERSE 33 - Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

Note that Jesus said BOTH THE JEWS AND THE DISCIPLES cannot go to where he is going. If it were to be heaven, Jesus must be telling lies here. There are many people in heaven already, just before this conversation, Elijah and Moses had just come from there. So Jesus was not referring to heaven or paradise as where he is going and where the Jews and the disciples cannot come. Are you following?

Then after that Jesus said…

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Peter was actually the one mostly troubled, so he asked again, this is because he came to understand that Jesus was not talking about paradise, that where Jesus was going is not heaven, so he said “where are you going?”… Now see the newly improved reply Jesus gave to him, he said HE MUST GO THERE FIRST AND THEY WOULD FOLLOW HIM AFTER (this is not rapture, just follow to the end please)

Now, this was what they discussed till John 14, lets follow the conversation a bit more and we will get there now.

John 14:1…

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Peter’s reactions and probably all of them, made Jesus to say this.

Is Jesus saying the disciples did not believe him before? Yes! They were never born again. One can only be born again by believing. This leads us to the next point Jesus raised…which is tied to believing Jesus.

^“ 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.”

Some versions use “rooms” instead of “mansions”. Whether rooms or mansions, Jesus said they are in his father’s house. We have established in lesson 1 & 2 of this series that heaven is not the home of God, so the father’s house could not be heaven. Don’t forget Jesus had just told them that they cannot come to this place now, but will follow him after. He said “follow” because he would first go there to prepare a place for them. This is not rapture!

The father’s house here is the kingdom of God! The mansions or rooms are our lot or places in the kingdom. Jesus was first to enter into this kingdom as the firstborn son of God, then the disciples were second to enter, like that like that till today. They said they cannot follow him because they were not born again, they were not sanctified, they were not saved, they were not yet Sons – both the disciples and the Jews were not yet qualified to enter God’s kingdom at that time.

Jesus must be the one to redeem us all and then bring us into the kingdom. That was why he specifically said even they cannot come to where he was going unless he go there first, it is not heaven it is the kingdom of God!

Then he said…

^“ 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.”

This is not rapture. Going to prepare a place was what Jesus did within three days of his death and resurrection. You remember what Jesus told Mary Magdalene when on that resurrection morning? “he said, I have not YET ASCENDED TO THE FATHER! He was supposed to go to the father for the redemption work to complete and then come back (which he did) to bring the disciples and all others that would believe him into the place he has prepared with himself in the Father! He is not talking about a rapture here!

The whole book of Hebrews 8, 9, 10 explained this in detail. He said “I will receive you to myself”, this is not rapture! This is what happened to all of us at salvation. We were made to sit with Christ in the heavenly places at the right hand of God; our life was hid with Christ. We return to our source. So where he is right now, is where we are also. He is not talking about going to Heaven to live forever. All these words of Jesus have been fulfilled already. He has truly prepared that mansion or room in the heart of the father and he has brought us into Mount Zion, the city of the living God! those who die before resurrection go to ABRAHAM’S BOSOM, WE GO TO THE FATHER’S HEART!

Let’s finish this quickly…

“ And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Jesus finally concluded it here with the answer to all the questions they have been asking; he said “I GO TO THE FATHER!” he was not going to heaven to build beautiful houses; he is going to the father! He was going to atone for our sins; he was going to offer himself as our substitute that we may be allowed into the kingdom of the father! Rapture and Heavenly mansions are not included in this passage at all!

I hope you get it?

There are no mansions in heaven my friend!  You have been deceived for long. In fact many of the preachers of these things will add their version to it that THE TITHE YOU PAY HERE ON EARTH is being used to CONSTRUCT THOSE MANSIONS FOR YOU OVER THERE. WHAT DECEPTION OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!

THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE AND PURE!

There are NO BRICKLAYERS IN HEAVEN, NO CEMENT, NO BRICKS, NO IRON, NO SAND, NO SHOVEL, NO LABOURERS, and YOUR TITHE IS NOT RELEVANT! GET OUT OF IGNORANCE NOW!

I have said and will repeat, going to heaven is not the goal of the believer at all! Heaven is just a point of transition! We will not live in heaven forever! There is no big deal in going to heaven as a believer! You are already citizens. Our focus is the Kingdom not heaven. You are meant to establish the kingdom of God here on earth! NOT IN HEAVEN!

So stop chasing an ambition because someone told you there are mansions in heaven!

And since some of you love beautiful things or because you have lived in a face-me-face-you all your life, you are struggling to go to heaven to live in big mansions built by Jesus forever. Welldone sir! Imagine that when Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you that he meant he wants to go and do bricklaying work for us. Haba!

Those who are wise will not remain the same after reading this!

There are too many deceptions in the body of Christ!

But people like us will not rest till we uproot all the tares!

This is judgment day!

Religion is in trouble!

Ignorance is destroyed!