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Originally Posted by Chris
Paradise, as promised to the thief on the cross alongside Jesus, was a Hebrew concept. It isn’t the final heaven, but it is a restful, spiritual and heaven-like state. A sort of waiting room if you like. The concept has most likely been borrowed from ancient Persia, as it seems to have come from a root word that basically means ‘game reserve’. Think of it as an immense, lush garden full of fruitful things and animals for the hunt (and imagine how good that would sound if you were a man of the ancient world - I know we don’t go in for hunting much now, but it’s the concept of abundant rest that’s important).
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I heard someone who had a not near death but actually dead experience who was brought back after quite sometime, he said it fealt like he had no physical form, he seem to know everything, wanted for nothing and was just very relaxed and at peace, that sounded like heaven to me