![]() When Jesus returned to the Father he would send the Holy Spirit, and through the power of the Spirit and prayer the disciples would do even greater works than Jesus had done. Jesus may have been about to die, but God’s work in the world was not about to end. Jesus’ words and actions were the Father’s words and actions ( John 14:8-11). He wanted a special revelation of the Father, though he should have known after more than three years with Jesus that Jesus and the Father were inseparably united. To know the Son was to know the Father ( John 14:5-7). Jesus had brought the truth of God and eternal life to the human race, and to know him was to know God. Jesus explained that the ‘way’ to the Father was through the Son. He wanted Jesus to show them the way so that they would have no difficulty in following him later. ![]() Thomas misunderstood, thinking that Jesus was speaking of a physical location and a physical journey. He had told them often enough that if they followed him as loyal followers, they would share in his final victory ( John 14:1-4). He therefore comforted them by saying he was going to his Father to prepare a permanent dwelling place for them, and one day he would return to take them to be with him for ever. ![]() The disciples by now surely knew that Jesus was soon to die.
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