| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ( I ) PARADISE – JESUS’ KINGDOM 42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. - Luke 23:42-43 A thief who suffered on a cross next to the Lord asked the Lord that He would remember him when He, the Lord would come into His kingdom. So when Jesus responds and replies to the thiefs’ request, what kingdom does Jesus clearly say in which the thief would be with Him? Hell? No. Why? Because no part of hell is Jesus’ kingdom. Where is Jesus’ kingdom? Scriptural evidence clearly proves that heaven contains the place called paradise. Heaven is Christs' kingdom, not hell. What scripture reveals that hell is a part of Jesus’ kingdom? None. Jesus’ reply said nothing about having to descend into some part of hell called Abraham’s bosom or some part of hell called paradise. Jesus’ was clearly answering the thiefs’ request by telling that thief that paradise was His heavenly kingdom. Paradise, the heavenly kingdom and not the hellish region of the damned was where Jesus would be with the thief the very day in which they both died on their crosses. There is no proof from the scriptures that paradise has been part of hell, the region of the damned. Paradise is where Jesus’ kingdom is, in the third heaven. Not down in hell, the region of the damned. The request of the thief and Jesus’ clear answer to that specific request about Jesus’ kingdom further proves that in no manner was paradise ever a part of the region of the damned, which is hell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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