Where are you going?

Joh 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

You can't bear them now. Interesting phrase. He would not hurt their hearts further or load them down with things they did not need to know yet, but He wanted them to know He would be sharing more thoughts with them later.

What he had to say NOW was hard enough to share with them. The rest could wait.

Joh 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

Joh 16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

They didn't understand. He is telling them he's going to die, but he calls it "you won't see me and then, after a little while, you WILL see me...He SAYS he doesn't die, just go where he can't be seen.....but "He'll be back."

Joh 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

You will be sad and upset, but it will be a good thing that I have died to this world...and you will understand it - later.

Joh 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Now He knows He has made his friends sad. They understand he's going to die...and - like us - they STILL thought it meant "dead". Even though they had seen him revive the dead.....so they know that the spirit can be returned to a body....the SPIRIT didn't die.

He tries to comfort them by saying He will see them later and you will never miss me again...but they probably didn't believe Him.

Dead is dead, right?

So when people don't believe me I know I am in good company.

What happens when we "die"? Where do we go? Can WE come back? He tried to tell them.

I try to tell you... http://1way2see.com/thebook.html

You won't die. You change, but you are alive and loving on. I can't say I will return here to see anyone after, but I will say I'll be watching and loving you and that I'll see you when you get there.

Next time I will take another swing at grace. It's why I believe that each one of us will meet later.