What God has for us! Sheol is known as hell in the hebrew and qeber is know as the grave

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john 14:1-7

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

He is talking to men whose hearts are far from tranquil
The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

Peter has been thrown into consternation at the prediction of his threefold denial of Jesus, and we cannot doubt that this had its effect on the others also.

The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

Jesus had spoken of his impending departure, a departure to a place where they could not follow him. To men who had left everything for their Leader, to be told that he is about to leave them is shattering. They are all very disturbed. And Jesus knows that within a few short hours they will be even more disturbed. So he tells them to be calm

I am going to you a place of
permanent residences
Morris, L. (1995). The Gospel according to John (p. 565). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.verse 1
The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

Jesus is asserting that they know how to follow him. He has been showing them the way in the whole body of his teaching. If they follow that way, they will come where he is

The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

He not only shows people the way (i.e., by revealing it), but he is the way (i.e., he redeems us). In this connection “the truth

The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

the explicit statement that no one comes to the Father other than through Christ. “Way,” “truth,” and “life” all have relevance,

The Gospel according to John 3. Christ, the Way (14:1–7)

Christ, and accordingly that they have not known the Father. In a sense, of course, they had known Jesus. They had known him well enough to leave their homes and friends and livelihood to follow him wherever he went. But they did not know him in his full significance

This can be apart of our problem
It is time to get ready for whats coming your way
matt 25:13 “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
2th 2:1-2 “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
1pe 1:13 “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;”

Troubled Heart

Belief

Mansions

Trust me

A prepared Life
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