John 14:3

Jesus promises to come again and take His people to Himself, so they may be where He is. It gives the hope of eternal fellowship with Christ.

Cross-references · 18

• 1 Th 4:16–17For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
• 2 Tim 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
• John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
• Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
• Heb 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
• Rom 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• John 14:18–23I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
• John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
• 2 Cor 5:6–8Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
• 2 Th 1:12so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Matt 25:32–34All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
• Phil 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
• Rev 22:3–5No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
• Rev 21:22–23But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
• 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Acts 7:59–60While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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