Jesus did not say, ‘You will be with in paradise today’ or ‘today you will be with me in paradise’.
Those are words WRONGLY TAUGHT TO PEOPLE by Trinitarians…. And that is because they want to say that Jesus never died!!!
Think carefully about it. No one is raised from the dead until after their judgement BY Jesus AT the end of time.
But there are those who are already judged as worthy for the kingdom of God. These are called THE ELECT.
The thief (called, ironically, the Good thief!!) was absolved of his sins by Jesus almost as he died therefore he did not commit any further sin: he was therefore ‘sinless’
in the eyes of God…
The ‘good thief’ was not one of the Elect therefore he would only be raised up at the SECOND RESURRECTION. Jesus will call him forward and say, “You have no sin… welcome to the kingdom - enter MY paradise, my Son!”
Paradise is the created world that God prophesied the world would be from the beginning of time - what he commanded Adam to make all over from the sample garden of Eden.
It is therefore impossible that anyone should rise from the dead THAT DAY and be in Paradise before Jesus who was dead for three days from the day he spoke the supposed words!!!
Please…. Jesus said: ‘I TELL TOU THIS DAY…. You will be with me in paradise’.
Explaining: ‘This very day I say to you, I am the resurrection and the life. I have been given the task of judging the world. Those who I find guilty will go to destruction - but those I deem sinless or worthy at least I will grant everlasting life. You, at this moment, are guiltless, sinless, THEREFORE when I judge you at the end of time YOU WILL BE JUDGED WORTHY and be granted life in paradise with me!’
Try understanding the trinitarian version makes no sense at all….!! Arguments is all raises:
- How can anyone be in paradise on the say jesus died ahead of Jesus who was dead for three days?
- If Jesus was dead fur three days how was he preaching to the dead of Noah’s era?
- Jesus was the first raised from the dead… how did the thief enter paradise on the same day Jesus died?
See, and there is no answer but arguments - because the trinitarian wants to say Jesus was God and couldn’t die… yet we commemorate Jesus’ death yearly: isn’t that an irony….!!! He didn’t did but we commemorate his dying to pay the penalty for the sin of the world!!!! So if he didn’t die how was the penalty paid ….