Beetow
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● Luke 23:39-43 . . One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: Aren't
you the Christ? Save yourself and us! But the other criminal rebuked him saying:
Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence? We are punished
justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing
wrong. Then he said: Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus
answered him: I tell you the truth; today you will be with me in paradise.
The thing is: Jesus didn't go up that day when he passed away on the cross; in
point of fact he went down. (Matt 12:40, John 20:17)
So then I think we can safely assume that paradise isn't restricted to a single
location, rather, any heavenly area can be characterized as paradise-- for example
the afterlife zone that at one time provided accommodations for Lazarus and
Abraham in the story told at Luke 16:19-31) the so-called the third Heaven (2Cor
12:2-4) and the paradise of God (Rev 2:7).
In other words: I rather suspect that the sphere of paradise is a whole lots more
extensive than we've thus far been told about it.
For example the New York City park system. There's first of all the mega recreational
area called Central Park; but that isn't New York's only recreational area. There are
lots of smaller parks throughout the city that although they have their own individual
names-- e.g. The Highline, Bryant, World Trade Center, Washington Square, etc --
they're all incorporated in the New York City park system, and they are all paradise in
comparison to the rest of the city; in point of fact, the Greek word translated paradise
basically means parks.
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● Luke 23:39-43 . . One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: Aren't
you the Christ? Save yourself and us! But the other criminal rebuked him saying:
Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence? We are punished
justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing
wrong. Then he said: Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus
answered him: I tell you the truth; today you will be with me in paradise.
The thing is: Jesus didn't go up that day when he passed away on the cross; in
point of fact he went down. (Matt 12:40, John 20:17)
So then I think we can safely assume that paradise isn't restricted to a single
location, rather, any heavenly area can be characterized as paradise-- for example
the afterlife zone that at one time provided accommodations for Lazarus and
Abraham in the story told at Luke 16:19-31) the so-called the third Heaven (2Cor
12:2-4) and the paradise of God (Rev 2:7).
In other words: I rather suspect that the sphere of paradise is a whole lots more
extensive than we've thus far been told about it.
For example the New York City park system. There's first of all the mega recreational
area called Central Park; but that isn't New York's only recreational area. There are
lots of smaller parks throughout the city that although they have their own individual
names-- e.g. The Highline, Bryant, World Trade Center, Washington Square, etc --
they're all incorporated in the New York City park system, and they are all paradise in
comparison to the rest of the city; in point of fact, the Greek word translated paradise
basically means parks.
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