OJB John 14:2-3
In the Beis Avi there are many me’onot (dwelling places cf 14:23); if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a makom (place) for you?
Why is this ponderable?
Every human body is animated by a spirit that, although invisible, connects with the human brain to actuate the human mind. This connection makes us conscious of language, writing, math, and all physical objects. In turn, our memory records our life experiences which are retained by our spirit when it passes back to its Beis Avi."No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit."(1 Corinthians 2:11). So at death, one’s spirit returns to God, while the body on earth decays or is destroyed.
When one's spirit returns to the Beis Avi (house of God) it will find a suitable makom (abode)--one that aligns with its life experience. So we can infer that this abode is shared spiritually with kindred spirits.
- If your life experience tagged you as poor in spirit, meek, merciful, a peacemaker, righteous or kind; you will feel at home with the kindred spirits in this abode.
- If your life experience was one of pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, or wrath; you will feel right at home with the kindred spirits in this abode.
