In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place John 14:2 (DBT)
Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. John 14:23 (DBT)
Spotted another beautiful symmetry in the word this morning. (Although I had to search quite hard to find a bible translation that preserves it.)
In verse 2 it seems that many translators struggle to know how translate the word for the "rooms" that are in our Father's house. In the KJV it is "mansions". In the NIV and ESV it is "rooms." But neither of these capture the full meaning. Literally, it is "dwelling place" or "abode." And significantly it is the same word that is used in verse 23 to describe how God takes up residence within us!
We are familiar with the idea that our physical bodies can be the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that he dwells within us. Well, in verse 2 we see the mirror...
Just as God now has his dwelling place within our physical house, we will have our dwelling place within his spiritual house!
[Originally posted on Facebook 28/01/18]
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