John 14:3

Neither will He prepare a place and leave them to find their own way to it. καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῶ … ἦτε. “ If I go”; that is, the commencement of this work as their forerunner was the pledge of its completion. And its completion is effected by His coming again and receiving them to Himself, or “to His own home,” πρὸς ἐμαυτόν. Cf. John 20:10. πάλιν ἔρχομαι καὶ παραλήμψομαι, “I come again and will receive”. The present is used in ἔρχομαι as if the coming were so certain as to be already begun, cf. John 5:25. For παραλήμψομαι see Song of Solomon 8:2. The promise is fulfilled in the death of the Christian, and it has changed the aspect of death. The personal second coming of Christ is not a frequent theme in this Gospel. The ultimate object of His departure and return is ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἧτε. Cf. 1Th 4:17, 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23. The object of Christ's departure is permanent reunion and the blessedness of the Christian.