The other robber said to Yeshua, “Master, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Yeshua said to him, “Truth I say to you today, you shall be with me in paradise.”{1} Shabbat Shalom

{Lk 23:43.1} Yeshua emphatically told the repentant robber, that very day, that he would be with him in paradise. Yeshua was in the grave at the end of that day, and remained there three days and nights until just before sunset on the weekly Sabbath: he was NOT in paradise.

Depending on the translator’s theology, commas were inserted into different translations to yield completely different results. If I truly say to you today, you shall be with me in Jerusalem – you expect that some time in the future we will be together in Jerusalem. If I truly say to you, today you shall be with me in Jerusalem – you know that you had better get your bags packed immediately. Unlike Jerusalem, paradise is not available today. It was created in the beginning, as recorded in Genesis chapter one, and will be recreated in the end, as recorded in the Revelation chapter 21.