| Luke 16:22 |
"So it was that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom..." |
| Luke 23:40-43 |
"But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, 'Do
you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we
indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has
done nothing wrong.' Then he said to Jesus, 'Lord, remember me when You come
into Your kingdom.' And Jesus said to him, 'Assuredly, I say to you,
today you will be with Me in Paradise.' " |
| Eph. 4:4-10 |
"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were
called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God
and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But to
each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Therefore He says:
'When He ascended on high,
He led
captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.' (Psa. 68:18)
(Now this, 'He ascended' - what does it mean but that He also first
descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One
who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)" |
| Col. 2:14-15 |
"having wiped out the handwriting of requirements
that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the
way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers,
He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it."
 Note: I believe Abraham's
bosom, or Paradise, was a holding place where those saints who believed in God,
and Jesus, were taken to until He battled Satan, and won their souls for His
Father. It was not hell, nor heaven, and I think the man on the cross got a
ringside seat of the battle! This place is no longer needed since Jesus
fulfilled all righteousness. |
