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1 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | bibleteacher | 176434 | ||
Some reference works present the view that Jesus was referring to a paradise location in Hades or Sheol, supposedly a compartment or division thereof for those approved by God. The claim is made that the Jewish rabbis of that time taught the existence of such a paradise for those who had died and were awaiting a resurrection. Regarding the teachings of the rabbis, Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible states: “The Rabbinical theology as it has come down to us exhibits an extraordinary medley of ideas on these questions, and in the case of many of them it is difficult to determine the dates to which they should be assigned. . . . Taking the literature as it is, it might appear that Paradise was regarded by some as on earth itself, by others as forming part of Sheol, by others still as neither on earth nor under earth, but in heaven . . . But there is some doubt as respects, at least, part of this. These various conceptions are found indeed in later Judaism. They appear most precisely and most in detail in the mediaeval Cabbalistic Judaism . . . But it is uncertain how far back these things can be carried. The older Jewish theology at least . . . seems to give little or no place to the idea of an intermediate Paradise. It speaks of a Gehinnom for the wicked, and a Gan Eden, or garden of Eden, for the just. It is questionable whether it goes beyond these conceptions and affirms a Paradise in Sheol.”—1905, Vol. III, pp. 669, 670. Even if they did teach such a thing, it would be most unreasonable to believe that Jesus would propagate such a concept, in view of his condemnation of the non-Biblical religious traditions of the Jewish religious leaders. (Mt 15:3-9) Likely the paradise truly familiar to the Jewish malefactor to whom Jesus spoke was the earthly Paradise described in the first book of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Paradise of Eden. That being so, Jesus’ promise would reasonably point to a restoration of such earthly paradisaic condition. His promise to the wrongdoer would therefore give assured hope of a resurrection of such an unrighteous one to an opportunity to life in that restored Paradise.—Compare Ac 24:15; Re 20:12, 13; 21:1-5; Mt 6:10. |
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2 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 176435 | ||
Greetings BT and welcome to the forum, It seems to me that the end of your informative post, with reference to the following, smacks of purgatory or its equal? You stated, “That being so, Jesus’ promise would reasonably point to a restoration of such earthly “paradisiacal” condition. His promise to the wrongdoer would therefore give assured hope of a resurrection of such an unrighteous one to an opportunity to life in that restored Paradise” Am I reading you right? CDBJ |
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3 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | bibleteacher | 176436 | ||
No, purgatory is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. The evildoer is simply dead and will be resurrected to a paradise earth under God's Kingdom during Christ's millenial reign. Simple Bible teaching. | ||||||
4 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | CDBJ | 176463 | ||
I realize that the word purgatory isn’t in the Bible but the actual word Trinity isn’t in the Bible either; so would you say that the Trinity doesn’t exist just because the specific word isn’t in there? God is one in essence but is revealed in three distinct personalities; The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit: you don’t disagree with that do you? CDBJ |
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