There are two important assurances Jesus gave to his followers, which are repeated and reconfirmed in this lesson. First, Jesus told his followers that, being fully human, he would die but that they should not let their hearts be troubled. God would raise him from the dead and he would ascend to the Father from Whom he had come. There, Jesus said, he would prepare for each of us a place in the eternal habitation of God. Second, he told his followers that, even though he would no longer walk on the earth with them, they could be assured of the continuing presence of God in their lives through the Holy Spirit. "I will pray the Father," he said, "and he will give you another counsellor that he may abide with you forever, even the spirit of truth."

In the period between the Resurrection and h…