Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

As he often does, today John gives us a more personal lens into things only the apostles

experienced.

John's been several extra chapters telling us about the final words of Jesus to his followers

and he covers a lot of ground, so we'll just hit the high points.

Jesus has to go away, he says, and while they won't be able to follow him immediately,

they'll be able to follow him eventually and eternally.

Yesterday he told us where he's heading.

In Luke 2269, he said, from now on, the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand

of the power of God.

He's going to the right hand of the Father and he'll prepare a room for them in his father's

house.

This idea would be very familiar to first century Jews.

When the Son and a family gets married, the family adds another room to the house where

the new extended family can live.

So this is Jesus' way of saying, your family now, the rooms have already been added and

I'm going to get them ready for the arrival of all God's new family members when the

time is right.

Jesus also tells them he's the way, the truth, and the life.

In other words, he's the only connection point between them and the Father.

No one can bridge the gap between mankind and God the Father except for Jesus, who is

both fully God and fully man.

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