John 14:3 English Standard Version (ESV) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

There is an irresistible draw in this verse that creates in us the desire to see Him come to take us away. That draw is so compelling because we grow weary of this world and all the evil in it. We just want to be with our Lord. That is the natural desire of people in love, they want to be together.

We can focus on studies of that event to the point of ignoring what our Lord has said before He declared His return. He is preparing a place for us. Perfect understanding with our perfect God requires a perfect relationship with our God. Because we are human and not yet perfected, what we come to understand has to be what we need to know by revelation from our perfect God to perform His will in our lives.

Think of it as a “need to know” basis.

1 Corinthians 8:1b English Standard Version (ESV) we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

Knowing that God is building us up to be the pure spotless bride, one prepared for His Son, one worthy to be His bride, God will not allow us to be puffed up with bloated egos. We will receive that which we can digest without doing harm to our souls. The soul or the mind, will and emotions of a living human being is fraught with imperfections that need a makeover.

Seeking to understand on our own those things that we are not prepared to receive will lead to ignoring what needs to happen to prepare us for the conforming process.

Romans 8:29 English Standard Version (ESV) For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.