Luke 22:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
I looked at this and wondered what Paradise was Jesus talking about. Most say Heaven as telling the man on the cross he would be there today. There are some who take the stand that Paradise is not heaven as we understand it but the New Earth.
In my research I found Paradise to mean "enclosure, garden, park." a park, a garden, from the Strong's Concordance. The Greek Lexicon has the same reference but also adds the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise. As well as the upper region of heaven.
Many have believers have said Abraham's bosom was the holding place until Jesus came and took them all to heaven but I have not found any scriptures that make that a clear statement to be used. The popular belief I have gotten was Jesus was telling the man he was going to Paradise that very day or at the time of the resurrection? I guess it would depend on how one would read that.
What are your thoughts?
I looked at this and wondered what Paradise was Jesus talking about. Most say Heaven as telling the man on the cross he would be there today. There are some who take the stand that Paradise is not heaven as we understand it but the New Earth.
In my research I found Paradise to mean "enclosure, garden, park." a park, a garden, from the Strong's Concordance. The Greek Lexicon has the same reference but also adds the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise. As well as the upper region of heaven.
Many have believers have said Abraham's bosom was the holding place until Jesus came and took them all to heaven but I have not found any scriptures that make that a clear statement to be used. The popular belief I have gotten was Jesus was telling the man he was going to Paradise that very day or at the time of the resurrection? I guess it would depend on how one would read that.
What are your thoughts?