of Christ’s mission, they were understandably sorrowful at this news that He was going to leave them. But in John 14:1–4, He gives them a truth to comfort them in their sorrows: “I’m going to prepare a place for you in My Father’s house so that you can one day join Me there forever” (paraphrase). Then Jesus replied to Thomas’s doubts (verse 5) by saying, “No one comes to the Father except through Me” (verse 6). That is, not just His disciples would be joining Him in heaven, but also all who believed