Francis Drake
Returning adventurer.
- Apr 14, 2013
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- United Kingdom
- Faith
- Christian
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- UK-Independence-Party
If His Father's house was merely the Temple, how come they wouldn't be able to go there?Actually, your not 100% correct. Jesus had told them where He was going they could not go. You misinterpret John 14. If you look through the Scriptures Jesus' reference to "My Father's house" is the temple. Nowhere in Scripture is Heaven ever called "My Father's house". To claim such has no basis at all in Scripture. Further evidence is seen from His statement 'In My Father's house there are many dwellings'. The dwellings in the Temple were small living spaces for the priests who served at the temple. This is what Jesus was referencing.
And if the "Many dwelling places" Jesus referred to, were merely the living places the priests used, it would never be sufficient to house all his followers.
And if the disciple's dwelling place was going to be the temple, what happened in 70AD when it was destroyed.
It makes no sense Jesus referring to the Temple, as their destination, when his death that night would render the temple and its sacrifices obsolete!
Except the ones I've already quoted.As I said, there is not a single passage of Scripture that says people go to Heaven.
But scripture shows that Jesus went nowhere hear the temple on his last night, which makes a mockery of your interpretation.We have Jesus telling the Jews and His disciples that they could not go where He was going. Then He went to the Father. "My Father's house" is the Temple. Nowhere is Scripture is Heaven every called "My Father's house". It seems pretty clear.
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