#paradise
#heaven
A
kind soul sent me a short article saying that paradise and heaven are
synonymous. It got me thinking. I don't remember reading such a fable in the
Bible. I gave my thoughts...
----------;-
Jesus,
in his spirit, went to paradise after he died.
Jesus
ascended into heaven after his resurrection.
One
who equates paradise as heaven probably hasn't read the Bible for himself; he
is just carelessly repeating some shibboleths!
Luke
23:43
"And
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."
Acts
1
¶9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight.
10
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel;
11
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
paradise:
paradeisos
heaven:
ouranos
By divine inspiration, two completely different words are used; however, worldly-wise men equate the two and make them synonymous! Just like woolly-headed folks equate everlasting as eternal.
Rev
2:7 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which
is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Note
carefully:
- the paradise of God is entered and enjoyed by one that OVERCOMES...
it is conditioned by the works of overcoming.
- Heaven is entered completely by
grace alone, by the finished work of Christ alone; He alone made a man fit for
heaven.
Paradise
is for the spirits of the righteous;
Heaven
is for the resurrected glorified saints.
Paradise and hell are in the intermediate state; in the realm of time (between death and resurrection); Heaven and the lake of fire are in the eternal state; in the realm of eternity (after resurrection, beyond time)
May
our Lord bless you to know these truths from the Scriptures! Just read the Scriptures closely, the Lord
will begin to show you the truth.
John
14
1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
*I
will come again* - when is that?
UNTIL
Christ comes again, we won't be with him where he is (i.e. in heaven) with the
Father. Until our resurrection at Christ's second coming, we won't enter into
our eternal inheritance in Christ.
1Pet
1
3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his
abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
4
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.
That
which is reserved in heaven WILL ONLY be revealed in the LAST TIME... i.e. at
Christ's coming again.
Does it make sense now?
