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Jhn 16:7</TD><TD class=vDispa>Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
There are no contradictions in the word of God , my only input would be that a temporary indwelling as in the OT was given that they would be able to bear along in his absence until the Holy Spirits permanent indwelling was given at the day of Pentecost.
I find it interesting in the little study I did to answer you,
Pentecost = "the fiftieth day"
1) the second of the three great Jewish feasts, celebrated at Jerusalem yearly, the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of the completed harvest
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Jhn 17:12</TD><TD></TD><TD class=td_bible_text vAlign=top>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
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The harvest was complete the twelve were delivered safe, and now these seeds would bear much fruit in the next season