[TruthTalk] Paradise

[Terry Clifton]

Judy: As I understand the Bible, Paradise was only for those old testament saints that were waiting for the resurrection.  People who were saved, eg. Abraham and the thief on the cross and many others.  The word Paradise means park or oasis and was used to describe the garden of Eden in one place.  Everyone in Paradise made it to Heaven. To suggest that the thief was unsaved therefore would be saying that the Lord lied and the Bible is in error. The other place, where the unsaved were held, is known as Sheol, and there was a great gulf between the two.  People in Sheol were waiting to go to Gehenna, or Hell as we commonly call it. David, of course, will respectfully disagree. Terry