Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
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From this verse, the Word reaches
The same thread2 Corinthians 12:4
Paul too knew Paradise as a real place, caught up there though forbidden to tell what he heard.
“how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”
A promise madeRevelation 2:7
Paradise lost in Eden is promised again: the tree of life stands in the Paradise of God for those who overcome.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.”
That reaches back to this verse
In parallel with (this verse)Philippians 1:23
Jesus promised the thief 'today you will be with me in Paradise'; Paul calls departing to be with Christ far better.
“But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.”
A promise made (this verse)2 Corinthians 5:8
Being at home with the Lord is what Jesus promised the dying thief: today with me in Paradise.
“We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.”
The same thread (this verse)1 Thessalonians 4:17
Today with me in Paradise and forever with the Lord: the with-Christ promise spans death and the resurrection both.
“then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.”