Unfortunatley, not one Churchite sent over an explanation of why Jesus said "heaven" so many times, but "paradise" only once, just before His death and burial. (I was sure Churchite Jimbo from Departout would submit a helpful explanation, but I guess he's got nuttin' honey.)
The penitent thief asked the Lord Jesus to remember him in the future, after their deaths at Calvary.
Lu 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
The Greek word translated as "remember" in the King James version is "mnaomai" (Strong's #3415). "Mnaomai" is related to the Greek word "mnema" (Strong's #3418) which is translated as "grave", "sepulchre" and "tomb".
Re 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves <3418>.
Lu 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre <3418> that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Mr 5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs <3418>, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Our English word "mnemonic", which is related to these Greek words, is any learning technique that aids memory.
Graves and tombs are not memorials for the living to remember the dead. Did you ever hear the phrase: "One hundred years from now, all new people"? Not one person on earth is able to "remember" anyone who died 100 years ago. We might know about a person who died 100 years ago, but we cannot "remember" that person. Graves and tombs are for the dead who need to be remembered by God. The dead would not need to be remembered by God if their souls were in heaven with Him. The penitent thief knew that he was on his way to his grave, which Jesus referred to as "paradise" when He informed the thief that they would be together that day in death. Folks drop the utopian-sounding name "paradise" all the time, completely oblivious to its true meaning. Paradise is the place where the parabolic rich man spoke to "Father Abraham" when he and Lazarus died and were buried.
Believers need to be remembered by God on resurrection day. Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers" or "God will remember".
Ps 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Ps 88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Some Churchites claim that the unsaved are tortured by "the Lamb" in his presence, citing Revelation 14:10. But, as Psalm 88:5 clearly states, they will be forgotten by God. Job pleaded with the Lord to remember him in the grave.
Job 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
What location is being described in these verses from Chapter 3 of the book of Job?
Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Verses 11 through 16 tell us that the location is the grave.
Job 3:11 ¶ Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
There, the wicked "CEASE FROM TROUBLING". This is very clear and concise teaching, straight from the Bible - not some deluded "church father".
Sorry, Eternal Torment lovers. It's time to pack up your capes and pitchforks and go home. The Bible defeats your evil schemes!
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