2007-01-20 10:49:43 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just the one who was repentant.
2007-01-20 10:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by Born Again Christian 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Neither one of them.
About three hours before Jesus dies on a torture stake, he talks about Paradise to a man on a stake next to him. The man is being put to death for crimes he has committed. But as this criminal watches Jesus and hears what is said about Him, he begins to believe in Jesus. So the criminal says: “Remember me when you get into your kingdom.” Jesus answers: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.”—Luke 23:42, 43.
What does Jesus mean when he says this? Where is Paradise?— Think about it. Where was Paradise to begin with?— Remember, God gave the first man, Adam, and his wife a paradise to live in right here on this earth. It was called the garden of Eden. There were animals in that garden, but they didn’t hurt anyone. And there were trees with lots of delicious fruit on them, as well as a big river. It was a wonderful place to live!—Genesis 2:8-10.
So when we read of that criminal being in Paradise, we should picture in our minds this earth made into a beautiful place to live. Will Jesus be right here on earth with the former criminal in Paradise?— No. Do you know why he won’t be here?—
It is because Jesus will be in heaven ruling as King over the Paradise on earth. So Jesus will be with that man in the sense that Jesus will raise him from the dead and care for his needs.
2007-01-20 19:00:01 · answer #2 · answered by Just So 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We only know that one of the criminals went with Jesus to paradise. We can only assume what happened to the other prisoner.
2007-01-20 19:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by JohnC 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About three hours before Jesus dies on a torture stake, he talks about Paradise to a man on a stake next to him. The man is being put to death for crimes he has committed. But as this criminal watches Jesus and hears what is said about Him, he begins to believe in Jesus. So the criminal says: “Remember me when you get into your kingdom.” Jesus answers: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:42, 43.
What does Jesus mean when he says this? Where is Paradise? Think about it. Where was Paradise to begin with? Remember, God gave the first man, Adam, and his wife a paradise to live in right here on this earth. It was called the garden of Eden. There were animals in that garden, but they didn’t hurt anyone. And there were trees with lots of delicious fruit on them, as well as a big river. It was a wonderful place to live!
So when we read of that criminal being in Paradise, we should picture in our minds this earth made into a beautiful place to live. Will Jesus be right here on earth with the former criminal in Paradise? No. Do you know why he won’t be here?
It is because Jesus will be in heaven ruling as King over the Paradise on earth. So Jesus will be with that man in the sense that Jesus will raise him from the dead and care for his needs. But why will Jesus let a former criminal live in Paradise? Let’s see if we can figure that out.
Before the criminal talked to Jesus, did he know about God’s purposes? No, he didn’t. He did bad things because he didn’t know the truth about God. In Paradise he will be taught about God’s purposes. Then he will have the opportunity to prove that he really does love God by doing His will.
The meaning of the word "paradise" is: A beautiful park, or a parklike garden. The Greek word pa·ra′dei·sos occurs three times in the Christian Greek Scriptures.
The wrongdoer alongside him had shown a notable quality and commendable heart attitude in not going along with the crowd but, rather, speaking out in Jesus’ behalf and expressing belief in his coming Kingship.
As to the identification of the Paradise of which Jesus spoke, it is clearly not synonymous with the heavenly Kingdom of Christ. Earlier that day entry into that heavenly Kingdom had been held out as a prospect for Jesus’ faithful disciples but on the basis of their having ‘stuck with him in his trials,’ something the evildoer had never done, his dying on a stake alongside Jesus being purely for his own criminal acts. The evildoer obviously had not been “born again,” of water and spirit, which Jesus showed was a prerequisite to entry into the Kingdom of the heavens. (Joh 3:3-6) Nor was the evildoer one of the ‘conquerors’ that the glorified Christ Jesus stated would be with him on his heavenly throne and that have a share in “the first resurrection.”
King David said: Psalms 37:9 Â For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 Â For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 Â But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
29 Â The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
King James Bible
2007-01-21 01:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by BJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just one according to the words of Jesus:
Luke 23:42 And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come in Your kingdom.
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with Me in Paradise.
2007-01-20 18:57:17 · answer #5 · answered by Red neck 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From the scripture we can only infer that the one repentant man went to heaven.
2007-01-20 19:09:23 · answer #6 · answered by james p 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the one on his left who was humble and apologized went to heaven, the other went the other way; he had a temper and a mouth on him!
2007-01-20 18:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
just one! the other one rejected Jesus.
2007-01-20 18:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by bballer 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
one insulted him. the other , Jesus promised him .
2007-01-20 18:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by ka'iwi 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
THey both did, they had to believe in Jesus, right? I mean he was right there in front of them..
lol.
2007-01-20 18:52:30 · answer #10 · answered by janesweetjane 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋