Mansions?

Okay, for some reason I felt led to study John 14:2, the Mansion verse. Here's what I got:

John 14:2 & 14:23
Mone – (From Meno) a staying, abiding, dwelling, abode, to make an (one's) abode, metaph. of the God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers

John 15
Meno – to remain, stay, abide, dwell in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to be present, to be held, kept, continually in reference to time, to continue to be, not to perish, to last, to survive, live in reference to state or condition to remain as one, not to become another or different to wait for, await one

John 14:2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

John 14:23 says: Jesus replied, "All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them.

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Everyone has heard that Jesus is preparing a Mansion for us up in Heaven. But if you study this word, Mone, you find that it actually means a dwelling place or a place of remaining. But whose dwelling place? Verse 23 uses the exact same word but it is translated ‘live’ or ‘abide’.

When we think of a Mansion we think of brick and mortar, extravagant furniture and large rooms. Nice thought BUT probably not what He was saying. There is something better than a Mansion that awaits us. In 14:23 Jesus tell us that IF we love Him then we’ll obey Him AND then the Father (abba) will love us too and LIVE (make His Mansion) with us NOW.

Jesus had to go to Heaven so that all of us (the many mansions) would be able to be a dwelling place for God. That means we have a new home in Him and He has a home in us. My body is a temple?

Read John 15. Specifically let’s look at verses 4-11:

4 Remain (abide, dwell) in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Check this out – the Word ‘remain’ is the root word for the word ‘mansion.’ So the whole ‘going to prepare a place for us’ means that He is going so that we can have constant fellowship with Him: A never-ending stream of love between us and God. The whole thing is linked to His love. We are, like, Homies (living in the same house without the weed (just the vine)). LOL.

We have to REMAIN in the vine in order to produce fruit. The Father’s love, power, word, whatever He has, flows through the vine just like the nutrients through a plant. If we live connected to that vine, guess what? we get that love, power, word, etc. flowing through us. Then we can produce love fruit, power fruit, word fruit, wtvr!

What joy we have when we are remaining in Him! Way more joy than thinking about some mansion We get to inherit up in heaven. What will we need a house for when we’re in heaven anyway? When I go there, I’m gonna stay 24-7 at the feet of my Father and enjoy His presence.