John 14:1-6
‘In my Father’s house, are many rooms…. I go, to prepare a place for you!… I will come again and receive you to Myself — so that where I am, there you may be too…. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life! No man comes to the Father, but by Me!’ John 14:2-6.
Calvin comments: “Christ…declares that He is not going away…to remain separate from them, since there is a place for them also in the heavenly Kingdom…. He says that the ‘mansions’ (or ‘rooms’ there,) are many…. There are sufficient for a great number…. There is room there, not only for Himself but also for all His disciples….
“Christ signifies that the purpose of His departure was to prepare a place for His Own…. Christ did not ascend to Heaven privately for Himself to dwell there alone, but rather so that it might be the common inheritance of all the godly….
“This place is said to be prepared for the day of resurrection…. In His Person, we already possess Heaven — by hope…. Christ has prepared a place for…us…(to) enjoy a blessed rest until the redemption is completed….
“(Jesus) said: ‘After I have gone, I will return to you again!’…. He is here speaking of the Last Day…, when He will finally come to gather His Own….
“Christ…set out three degrees — as of saying that He is the Beginning, the Middle, and the End…. We should begin with Him, continue in Him, and end in Him….
“”Now ‘the Way’ of obtain life, is to become new creatures…. He tells us that He is ‘the Way’ by which alone we can reach it….
“As He is ‘the Truth’ and ‘the Life,’ He possesses in Himself what will satisfy even the most perfect…. ‘The Truth’ is to be taken as the perfection of faith, just as ‘the Way’ for its beginning and rudiments….
“If any man turns aside from Christ, he can do nothing but go astray…. If any aims beyond Him, he will find death — instead of ‘Life!’…
“He is ‘the Way,’ because He leads us to the Father. He is ‘the Truth’ and ‘the Life,’ because in Him we apprehend the Father…. Christ proves that He is ‘the Life’ — inasmuch as God with Whom is the Fountain of Life, can be possessed in no other way than in Him!”
Calvin also says in his Institutes III:2:1: “Christ must intervene…. He calls Himself…’the Way, the Truth, and the Life.’ None comes to the Father (Who is the Fountain of Life), except by Him…. John 14:6.” Jesus prepares places for His, in His Father’s house of many rooms! And for you?
