Jesus continued His final briefing to His trainee apostles at the Last Supper.  Bad news can stir up our hearts with fear. Jesus had told His disciples that He would leave them, and they knew that their own lives were about to be turned upside down.  They had left everything to follow Him, but if He deserted them, what would become of them (Matthew 19:27)?

Jesus claimed the He was ‘in the Father’ and ‘the Father is in Him’.  However that was very difficult for the disciples to understand.  How could a human being have the same personality as God?  Philip was eager to see what God was like, but Jesus told him that he already knew!  The disciples had been with Jesus, and knew Him well, but had not grasped who He was.  They had no idea that the man who walked with them was God: the fullness of the Father’s nature was in His human body (Colossians 2:9) and He was in the Father.
 

Although Jesus would return to the Father, He promised that His powerful presence on earth would continue (John 14:15-20).  Those who believed in Him were given the right to declare the authority of Jesus over corruption and evil; and Jesus promised to answer such prayers powerfully.  From one Master and twelve disciples, the world would soon see millions of God-glorifying believers whose prayers would demonstrate that Jesus is still Lord.

Although Jesus would leave His disciples when He was crucified, and leave them again when He went back to heaven, He assured them that He would see them again (John 14:18).  He wanted them to anticipate that the relationship they had enjoyed together would continue, and even more closely than before.  After His death, Jesus would be raised to life and the disciples would see Him (1 Corinthians 15:3-7).  His resurrection would also confirm His promise that all those who believed in Him would also be raised to new life on the Last Day (John 6:40).