p. 2 | 2207.-What Did He Mean? John 14:2 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Sep 4, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 36.

2207.—What Did He Mean? John 14:2.

By Editor

What did Christ mean in John 14:2 when He said, "I go to prepare a place for you"? Can we reasonably conclude from 1 Thess. 4:17 that Jesus will come on this earth made over and cleansed after it has been burned up, and receive His people unto Himself? or will they be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and accompany Him to the place which He promised He would go and prepare?

When Jesus went away, He went to "the third heaven" where God dwells. There the capital city of the new earth, the New Jerusalem, will be prepared, with mansions for all God's children. John 14:1-5; Revelation 21. When He comes the second time, His children will meet Him in the air, and go to those mansions and that city He has prepared. After the thousand years of judgment and its execution, that city and the saints will descend to this earth, the earth will be cleansed, and the new earth with its glorious capital will be the abode of the people of God forever. So, then, while it is true that "the meek shall inherit the earth," and "dwell in it forever," it is also true that in heaven we have also "a better and an enduring substance." Heb. 10:34. Read the tract, "The Great Day of the Lord." Price, post-paid, five cents.