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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"PARADISE OR ABRAHAM'S BOSOM" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
PARADISE OR ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
WHEN JESUS WAS ON THE CROSS, THE THIEF SAID TO HIM "LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY KINGDOM" (LUKE 23:42). IN THE NEXT VERSE JESUS SAID, "TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE". HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED WHERE THIS "PARADISE" WAS?
THIS PARADISE THAT JESUS SPOKE ABOUT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SAME PLACE CALLED "ABRAHAM'S BOSOM" THAT IS MENTIONED IN LUKE 16:22 ABOUT THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. EPHESIANS 4:9 ALONG WITH ACTS 2:25-31 MAKES IT CLEAR THAT JESUS DESCENDED INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH AFTER HE DIED. PAUL SPEAKS OF A MAN BEING CAUGHT UP INTO "PARADISE" WHICH HE USES INTERCHANGEABLY WITH THE TERM "THE THIRD HEAVEN" (2ND CORINTHIANS 12:2). IN REVELATIONS 2:7 IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT PARADISE BEING HEAVEN AND IN EPHESIANS 4:8-10 IT SAYS HE LED THE GODLY CAPTIVES OUT. SO, JESUS MUST HAVE MOVED PARADISE TO HEAVEN WITH HIM.
I WAS ASKED WHEN WE DIE DO WE GO DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN? THE WAY I READ IT, ACCORDING TO PAUL IN PHILIPPIANS 1:21-23 WE DO. I WILL QUOTE IT HEAR "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:" PAUL WROTE THIS WHEN HE WAS IMPRISONED IN HIS OWN PLACE BEING CHAINED DAILY TO A ROMAN SOLDIER WHILE WAITING FOR HIS TRIAL. HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO BE PUT TO DEATH BUT HE KNEW THAT TO DIE MEANT HE WOULD BE WITH JESUS. IN 2ND CORINTHIANS 5:8 PAUL SAYS THAT TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE AT HOME WITH THE LORD.
SO, I THINK WE WILL BE WITH JESUS WHEN WE CLOSE OUR EYES FOR THE LAST TIME HERE ON THIS EARTH. WE WILL ONLY DIE ONCE THOUGH BUT THE LOST WILL DIE TWICE. REVELATION 2:8 TELLS OF THE SECOND DEATH AND WHO WILL HAVE THEIR PART IN IT. "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOST THAT THEIR EYES WILL BE OPENED TO THE TRUTH BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
