{"id":4069,"date":"2008-04-01T00:10:17","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/01\/keys-of-the-kingdom-62\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T00:10:17","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T05:10:17","slug":"keys-of-the-kingdom-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/01\/keys-of-the-kingdom-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys of the Kingdom 62"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Drumroll please. This is our last kingdom text: Luke 23:42. It comes with evocative connections:
\n42 Then he said, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. \u201d
\n43 Jesus answered him, \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d<\/em>
\n1. The good criminal on the cross petitions Jesus to remember him when he comes into his kingdom, and the criminal clearly sees kingdom as eternity at some level \u2014 as Jesus\u2019 eternal kingdom.
\n2. Jesus promises that the man will be with Jesus \u201ctoday\u201d in Paradise. \u201cParadise\u201d is a typical Jewish term for new creation and the garden of delights opened to those who are God\u2019s people after death.
\n3. Jesus \u2014 no one else \u2014 promises this man Paradise because he recognizes Jesus as innocent, himself as guilty and in need of mercy, and he sees in Jesus the way into kingdom\u2019s paradise.
\n4. Notable here is that this all happens \u201ctoday\u201d \u2014 in that day at that time. In other words, if we connect Paradise to kingdom, then clearly this kingdom reference refers to a post-death eternal reality.
\nHas anyone turned this series into a Word document? Let me know if you have.
\nAfter our Preparing for Pentecost I will do a series on the meaning of \u201cwrath\u201d in the NT, but I may have to wait until we get back from South Africa to get it going.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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