Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth on this day you will be with me in paradise."
How is that possible when Jesus never rose until the third day?
2007-03-03 12:17:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good one MAn!
2007-03-03 12:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is paradise? Psalms 37:11: "But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indded find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." Psalms 37:29 "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it."
The earth was originally intended to be a paradise without sin or death.This purpose for the earth although unfulfilled at this time has never changed. Isaiah 46:10,11 "the One telling from the beginning the finale, and from long ago the things that have not been done; the One saying, 'My own counsel will stand, and everything that is my delight I shall do';" Jehovah's delight was for mankind to live in a paradise on earth under a heavenly government.
Isaiah 45:18 "For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhavited:"
Revelation 21:1,3, 4 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. (3)With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: "Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. (4) And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outrcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."
Another point is that when Jesus ascended to heaven his kingship did not automatically start as recorded at Hebrews 10:12, 13 "But this [man] offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually and sat down at the right hand of God, from then on awaiting until his enemies should be placed as a stool for his feet."
When Jesus promised him he would be in paradise it was a promise for the future. Since the earth has not yet been made over into the intended paradise, this promise is yet to be fulfilled.
It's the same as saying I tell you the truth on this day you will be a bridesmaid in my wedding. I've made a promise to someone regarding an even to take place in the future.
I guess this makes it not a rhetorical question when taken into context :)
2007-03-03 21:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by luvmybabies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see, the thief and Jesus both bodily died that same day. Jesus' body was resurrected the third day. And there is no record of the thief's body being resurrected. Meanwhile, Jesus remained on earth bodily for another 40 days.
you seem to have a naturalist's point of view, which is clearly not the view taught in the Bible. if the naturalist view is your view, then nothing in the bible makes sense, and asking this or ANY other question is just as pointless as your life. Get on board with the philosophers who have concluded suicide is the only "sensible" thing to do.
by the way, don't use words like "rhetorical" if you don't know what they mean.
2007-03-03 20:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he was just using slang sort of. Not speaking literately as today.
Sort of like making a bold statement. Like Today We stand up and fight for our rights! When the person is not actually stating that literately today we will start to fight the people oppressing us.
Lots of people debate this verse and basicly claim the problem lays with the translation of old languages to modern. And the introduction of the comma and such.
But here is a url that explains all this in detial wich may help awnser your questions in more detial.
http://www.wcg.org/lit/prophecy/comma.htm
hope this helps.
2007-03-03 20:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long does it take for a moment to be 'true'?
In other words, could Jesus and the condmened man have been standing (if you want to think of it in human terms) or occupying close proximate space in a place called 'paradise' for an indeterminite length of time (perhaps seconds, perhaps hours) and still fulfill the terms of the oral agreement?
2007-03-03 20:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody forgot their punctuation, if they even had punctuation back then.
I mean literal punctuation, not punctuation literally, everybody knows the three of them were getting punctuated, literally.
Just like when they forgot to put a comma in their comet
comment.
Yup, every word is true. Unfortunately their grammar sucked.
The bible says it is a sin to add or subtract from it, so guess which ones of you Christians are going to hell now! Ha, ha, ha,...
2007-03-03 20:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the same quote with a comma:
"I tell you the truth on this day, you will be with me in paradise."
That changes the meaning.
He is TELLING him "on this day," rather than saying "on this day you will be with me."
All the sentence needs is a little punctuation.
http://www.wcg.org/lit/prophecy/comma.htm
2007-03-03 20:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A comma was supposed to be after the word day.
2007-03-03 20:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, I know. the Bible makes no sense! That is, IF you read it literally. Try reading it a symbolism-- that's what I have to do. (I'm a non-Christian at a Catholic school w/ religion classes every flippen' semester.
2007-03-03 20:22:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He descended into hell and on the third day He rose again.
God is omnipresent. He really pulled a fast one on satan that day. Huh.
2007-03-03 20:23:30 · answer #10 · answered by timjim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋