THE ADVENT TRUTH
When Jesus told the thief on the cross in Luke 23:43, “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise,” some claim this means the thief went straight to heaven that very day. But Jesus Himself clears this up in John 20:17, where—three days later—He tells Mary, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” So if Jesus hadn’t gone to the Father yet, how could the thief have gone to “paradise” that same day?
The answer is simple and biblical: the comma is in the wrong place. The original Greek had no punctuation. Instead of saying, “Verily I say unto thee, today you will be with me in paradise,” Jesus was really saying, “Verily I say unto thee today, you will be with me in paradise.” He’s assuring the thief of salvation that day, not of arriving in heaven that day.
Add this to 2 Corinthians 12:2–4, where Paul uses “paradise” and the “third heaven” interchangeably, and Revelation 22:1–2, where the Tree of Life is in God’s throne room, and the picture is clear: paradise and heaven are the same place—where God is, and where we’ll dwell with Him in the New Earth. But neither Jesus nor the thief ascended there on Friday. Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath and rose Sunday morning, just like He said.
These truths expose the false idea of immediate heavenly reward or eternal torment at death. And that’s exactly what I unpack in my book, “The Gospel of Hell.” From the thief on the cross to the nature of the soul, and from hellfire to the second death, this book dives deep into the doctrines that have confused millions. It’s time to replace tradition with truth—and find hope in the God who is both just and merciful.
Let the Bible speak for itself. No need for man-made punctuation to twist its meaning.
When Jesus told the thief on the cross in Luke 23:43, “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise,” some claim this means the thief went straight to heaven that very day. But Jesus Himself clears this up in John 20:17, where—three days later—He tells Mary, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” So if Jesus hadn’t gone to the Father yet, how could the thief have gone to “paradise” that same day?
The answer is simple and biblical: the comma is in the wrong place. The original Greek had no punctuation. Instead of saying, “Verily I say unto thee, today you will be with me in paradise,” Jesus was really saying, “Verily I say unto thee today, you will be with me in paradise.” He’s assuring the thief of salvation that day, not of arriving in heaven that day.
Add this to 2 Corinthians 12:2–4, where Paul uses “paradise” and the “third heaven” interchangeably, and Revelation 22:1–2, where the Tree of Life is in God’s throne room, and the picture is clear: paradise and heaven are the same place—where God is, and where we’ll dwell with Him in the New Earth. But neither Jesus nor the thief ascended there on Friday. Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath and rose Sunday morning, just like He said.
These truths expose the false idea of immediate heavenly reward or eternal torment at death. And that’s exactly what I unpack in my book, “The Gospel of Hell.” From the thief on the cross to the nature of the soul, and from hellfire to the second death, this book dives deep into the doctrines that have confused millions. It’s time to replace tradition with truth—and find hope in the God who is both just and merciful.
Let the Bible speak for itself. No need for man-made punctuation to twist its meaning.
THE ADVENT TRUTH
When Jesus told the thief on the cross in Luke 23:43, “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise,” some claim this means the thief went straight to heaven that very day. But Jesus Himself clears this up in John 20:17, where—three days later—He tells Mary, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” So if Jesus hadn’t gone to the Father yet, how could the thief have gone to “paradise” that same day?
The answer is simple and biblical: the comma is in the wrong place. The original Greek had no punctuation. Instead of saying, “Verily I say unto thee, today you will be with me in paradise,” Jesus was really saying, “Verily I say unto thee today, you will be with me in paradise.” He’s assuring the thief of salvation that day, not of arriving in heaven that day.
Add this to 2 Corinthians 12:2–4, where Paul uses “paradise” and the “third heaven” interchangeably, and Revelation 22:1–2, where the Tree of Life is in God’s throne room, and the picture is clear: paradise and heaven are the same place—where God is, and where we’ll dwell with Him in the New Earth. But neither Jesus nor the thief ascended there on Friday. Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath and rose Sunday morning, just like He said.
These truths expose the false idea of immediate heavenly reward or eternal torment at death. And that’s exactly what I unpack in my book, “The Gospel of Hell.” From the thief on the cross to the nature of the soul, and from hellfire to the second death, this book dives deep into the doctrines that have confused millions. It’s time to replace tradition with truth—and find hope in the God who is both just and merciful.
Let the Bible speak for itself. No need for man-made punctuation to twist its meaning.
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