Eternal Mansions

While Teresa and I were touring Turkey last month, our tour group had us staying in some quite luxurious hotels. Not the kind of hotels we normally frequent, but top notch, classy, impeccable hotels with the amenities to go with it. One night while I was trying to catch up from my jet lag (that means lying awake trying to get back to sleep) it occurred to me that when Jesus talks in John 14 about eternal mansions, the image he is using will put five star hotels to shame. God promises an eternal mansion that isn't just luxurious, but included the "amenity" of being in His eternal presence, in the eternal home he's prepared for us.