John 14:28

John 14:28 says, Ye have heard how I say unto you I go away and come again unto you.  If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for My Father is greater than I.  Jesus was still attempting to prepare the disciples for His upcoming crucifixion. If we are attuned to the will of God, we will not be blindly led into any situation.  God will be at work in our hearts to prepare us.  Jesus told the disciples they should rejoice at what was about to happen, because it would fulfill Jesus's purpose in coming the first time and free Him for coming again to claim His own.  He was going to the Father, Who was greater than Him because the Father had no physical restraints, nor would the Holy Spirit Who was coming to Jesus's followers. The cross should bring rejoicing, because it was the fulfillment of God's plan of salvation.  Verse twenty-nine adds. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.  Jesus said He told them beforehand so that when it came to pass, they would believe.  We can look back on the fact of the cross, and it wouldn't be long before the first disciples could also.  Even at the point when they were feeling defeated, Jesus told them that when they understood His saving act on the cross, they would know what He had told them was true.  If we are following Christ, we may not always understand why things are happening that don't make sense, but if we have been listening to God, He will have prepared us for it.  Then, when we look back, we will understand how He was at work in our lives.  Verse thirty continues, Hereafter, I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.   Jesus told them He wouldn't talk with them much more, because the prince of the world was coming and he had nothing to do with Jesus.  Satan was to be given power for a time, but it is limited.  Verse thirty-one concludes, But that the world might know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.  What Jesus was doing was for the glory of the Father, so He said, "Arise let us go hence."  So, that is what we must do today.  Arise, and be about God's work.