Are you sure that you have not adding something
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
In all of the above there is no mention of Jesus Coming before the Great Tribulation to take someone to Heaven...
Question for you - it is necessary for someone to wake you up each day and tell you to brush your teeth - put on clean clothes -and go to work ? Wash behind your ears and tie your shoes ?
Not likely for a grown man who has learned about life and the fundamentals of living ,
Sayings like "we know what each other is thinking with just a look "speaks to how well people know each other
When a person truly understands - it is not necessary to speak each and every word to get the meaning across .
Since you choose to ignore many scriptures and certainly do not include them you have limited your understanding of what you will accept . As I have stated many times many many Christians will only study scripture from a western world view and won't even consider the intent that comes from a culture that is on the other side of the planet that has very different laws and cultures and traditions , To only study from an English western world view is like forcing a square block into a round hole - a lot of it is removed in the process .
You need to learn to approach the scriptures from vantage point like a CSI -asking questions of why various scriptures are there and how they fit into the whole puzzle ,. ALL scripture must fit together
Jesus makes a very declarative statement here and it is not about dying or resurrection as those things are not in the text, He is saying he is going to His fathers house to prepare it for us .
When a group of guys are playing basketball and the wives say they are going to cook dinner and will come back for the guys after dinner is prepared - do you need to be told that you will be eating dinner together with them when they come to get you ?
Point is that just because Jesus did not say he is going to come and rapture the saints when he has prepared the rooms in His Fathers house - you have to study ALL - ALL _ALL scripture to find out what is Jesus saying - explore why He says the things He says
I am not asking questions about what He said - I am saying if you pursued that way of learning you would understand more and more deeply -
Some Christians say Jesus never claimed to be God - simply because in order for them to believe it ; Jesus would have to say exactly I AM GOD - but if he did he would not been able to finish His ministry because of the laws the people there lived by - In modern times in the western world people would just laugh and blow it off - in ancient Israel it is demanded by law to kill anyone that says that.
Your assumption that Everyone during the GT will be killed -beheaded is totally false - a lot of people will be killed and beheaded but definitely not all - a lot of people will live through it and they will be the people who will be ruled and reigned over by Jesus and the saints who come with Him - those people will have children during the 1000 that satan is imprisoned - people who reject Christ will die - people who accept Christ will live but they will be mortal and -those who were raptured before the GT and those who be gathered at Jesus coming to establish His kingdom will be immortal ruling and reigning with Jesus-
Since the details have been posted multiple times I won't go into that again. Since you choose not to study Gods Holy Days there is a lot of important information you do not know - hence your understanding has been limited - you can learn and expand your understanding , but only if you Choose to do so