2007-11-25 13:01:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus was referring to our planet earth which will soon be transformed into a global paradise, just like it was in the beginning--an earth wide "Garden of Eden". The thief he spoke to will one day be resurrected back to life and he will be able to enjoy all the benefits the paradise earth will have to offer. In fact, all those who have died and are deserving of it, will also be resurrected to life here on earth.
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2007-11-25 13:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paradise is not heaven per se, but a portion of the spirit world for those righteous souls to rest while performing needful works until their resurrection and then judgment by Christ.
The Bible clearly mentions that Christ, immediately after His crucifixion, visited the spirit world and preached to the inhabitants--meaning those that were righteous. He dispatched other priesthood holders to preach to the unrighteous spirits in the spirit prison.
2007-11-25 21:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No place in the bible doe it say you will go to heaven when you die. It is the residing place of God and the Holy Angels. Paradise is where Jesus said the thief would go. Christianity has mixed to two. Probably for the reward and punishment perspective.
2007-11-25 21:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by Overseer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very possible the man he was speaking to was Persian. "Paradise" is a word used very seldom in the New Testament, and it is a Persian word. If Jesus were speaking to a Persian, he would have used a word that would have meant something to that man. Paradise on earth or in heaven, he would be with Jesus. That's what matters.
2007-11-25 21:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people mistakenly quoted from this bible verce in answering religious catholic questions on baptism, saying that the good thief didnt have to go get baptised. well, he came to christ on the cross, he was repentant, he desired to do the good jesus had commanded and so he was forgiven, but paradise was not heaven, but the prision of the old saints. goes to prove another catholic point that there does exist other places besides heaven and hell. purgatory is one of them. sorry, this so too biblical again for the protestants. wheres their faith in scriptures, the other ones besides confess with your mouth and ye shall be saved?
2007-11-25 21:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was clearly NOT "heaven".
In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word used to described the realm of the dead is "Sheol." It simply means the "place of the dead" or the "place of departed souls/spirits." The New Testament Greek word that is used for hell is "Hades," which also refers to “the place of the dead.” Other Scriptures in the New Testament indicate that Sheol / Hades is a temporary place, where souls are kept as they await the final resurrection and judgment.
2007-11-25 21:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does not mean heaven.
It refers to the future Paradise Earth.
2007-11-25 21:04:33 · answer #7 · answered by eliz_esc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who knows? If the event happened at all, he likely was babbling from having ingested more reserpine.
2007-11-25 21:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋