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 spends 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 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. He's the fulfillment of the

Old Testament scriptures, and he's the source of eternal life. He says that seeing him is like

seeing the Father, and according to Hebrews one that seeing him is like seeing the father,

and according to Hebrews one and Colossians one,

the son is the exact imprint of the father.

For him to claim to be the way, truth, and life, that's huge.

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