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Old 11-05-2008, 05:31 PM
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I'm confused on "paradise." The word only appears three times in the Bible; all three in the NT and in the original Greek, all three occurrences have the same meaning.

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

2 Corinthians 12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Is it the same paradise, or three different ones; a generic term for three different locations?

Thinking about it as I wrote this, I'm thinking it's a generic term.
According to Webster, paradise is a place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight. All three occurances of the word in scripture would mean this. It's taught that the paradise of Luke 23:43 could not be the paradise in the 3rd heaven because Jesus didn't ascend there that day, instead He went into the heart of the earth, so we conclude that Abraham's bosom is the paradise He is speaking of here.
 

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