“I WILL COME AGAIN!”

John 14:1-7                                (ESV)

“1 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in GOD; believe also in ME.

2 In my FATHER’S house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, “I WILL COME AGAIN” and will take you to MYSELF, that where I am you may be also.

4 And you know the way to where I am going."

5 Thomas said to him, "LORD, we do not know where YOU are going. How can we know the way?"

6 JESUS said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the FATHER except through ME.

7 If you had known ME, you would have known MY FATHER also. From now on you do know HIM and have seen HIM."”

One of my younger sister’s favorite passages in the Bible was John 14:1-3.  She even wanted these verses read at her funeral.  JESUS, the CREATOR, spoke to HIS disciples telling them “...”I WILL COME AGAIN” and will take you to MYSELF, that where I am you may be also.”  Whether they knew in their hearts that this same JESUS was the ONE WHO spoke these worlds into existence can be debated forever, but HE said in verse 6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the FATHER except through ME.”.  

In verse one of John 14 JESUS begins with “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in GOD; believe also in ME”.  Since JESUS is GOD, nothing shall be impossible with HIM (Luke 1:37).  How can HIS Promises be expected to come about when it has been over 2,000 years and HE still hasn’t returned to claim HIS Bride?  Do you think that HE could have missed HIS prediction a little bit?  

Knowing numbers is a specialty of GOD.  One noted Professor of Science and Astrology says in an article about Biblical Prophecies “The point, of course, is that when people say that the fulfillment of prophecy in the life of Jesus was accidental, they do not know what they are talking about. Keep in mind that Jesus did not just fulfill 8 prophecies, He fulfilled 10 (8) power. The chances of fulfilling 16 is 1 in 10 (45) power. When you get to a total of 48, the odds increase to 1 in 10 (157) power. Accidental fulfillment of these prophecies is simply beyond the realm of possibility”.  

JESUS prophesied through Biblical Writers that HE was coming the first time, and it took thousands of years!  HE promised from HIS OWN mouth that “I WILL COME AGAIN”!  HE didn’t promise when HE was going to return, but HE did say to BE READY, for we don’t know when HE will come again (Matthew 24:44)!  My little sister has been called to Glory and will not have to wait.  For me, I am waiting to SEE JESUS, whether it is when my assignment is complete, or when HE fulfills HIS Promise of “I WILL COME AGAIN”!!!