Jesus Brings Paradise and Finishes His Assignment, - Continue

 This helps us to understand Jesus' words to the criminal who was on the stake beside him.  Jesus did not hole out to that man the reward that was promisd to his faithful apostle, that of part of the Kingdom of the heavens.  Rather, Jesus promised the repentant evildoer: "You will be with me in Paradise-a beautiful park, or parklike garden.   Logically, those today who prove to be like sheep and who enter  "into the everlasting life" will also be in that Paradise.

This harmonizes with the description that the apostle John gave of conditions that will then prevail on earth.  He said:  "The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe oiut every tear from their eyes, and death will be  no more, neither will mourning nor outcry or pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." - REVElATION 21:3, 4.

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