Chapter 3 of 17

Section 2

Section 2

leaving the disciples in order to go some place else. The disciples did not understand what the Lord meant. In fact, for almost two thousand years the saints have misunderstood this chap­ ter. Even today it is not easy to understand what the Lord meant when He said that He was going. Now, by the help of the Holy Spirit, we have found the correct meaning: the Lord was going by death and resurrection. When He said that He was going, He meant that He was going to die and be resurrected.

THE SON BEING THE SAME AS GOD,

OMNIPRESENT, WITHOUT THE LIMITATION OF TIME AND SPACE

In verse 1 the Lord said to His disciples, "Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me." This verse reveals two very impor­ tant points. The first is that the Lord is the same as God. If one believes in God, he must also believe in the Lord, for the Lord is the same as God Himself. In fact, the Lord is God Himself. Even up to that time, the disciples did not ade­ quately realize that the Lord was God Himself.

God is omnipresent: He is not limited by time and space. On the one hand, the Lord was in the flesh, and with the flesh there are the elements

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