THE FATHER'S HOUSE
THE HOUSE OF LIVING STONES BUILT BY GOD:
1 Peter 2:5
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Paul calls the church of the living God "the house of God" in 1 Timothy 3:15.
Hebrews 3:4-6
"For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."
Hebrews 10:19-22
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
1 Peter 4:17
"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"
THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE
IN THE LAST DAYS
-- God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds, -- Hebrews 1:1.
* Jesus alone "dwells in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see." (1 Timothy 6:16)
* "Where I go, all of you cannot come" (John 13:33).
* "And where I go you know, and the way you know." (John 14:4)
* "Lord, we do not know where You go, and how can we know the way?" (John 14:5)
* "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me." (John 14:6)
* "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you". (John 14:18)
MANSIONS
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G3438: mone. from 3306; a staying, i.e. residence (the act or the place):--abode, mansion.
G3306: meno: a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy):--abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.
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MANSIONS IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE
* "In My Father's house are many [G3438: mone] mansions; if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also." (John 14:2-3).
* "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode [G3438: mone, mansion] with him." (John 14:23)
* "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you". (John 14:18)
* "The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26)
"God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace all of you are saved;) And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-6)
"If all of you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For all of you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall all of you also appear with him in glory." (Colossians 3:1-4)
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