Paradise not Purgatory

The Holy Bible is the Word of God. There are 66 Books in the Holy Scriptures from Genesis to
Revelation. The Holy Bible is the Infallible unadulterated Word of God. The Holy Bible is the only
Book that tells man who he is where he comes from and where he is going to.

“In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth .” ( Genesis 1 verse 1 ).

People are either lost or saved. They are either religious or genuine born again Bible Christians.
They are either going to Heaven or they are going to hell. There is no purgatory. The Bible speaks
of Heaven and Hell . The Bible speaks about Paradise. The Holy Bible speaks about the Gospel of
the Kingdom of God.

“... For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.” ( Romans 3 verse 23 ). “ ...for the
wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord...”.
( Romans 6 verse 23 ). “...The soul that sinneth, it shall surely die....” .( Ezekiel 18 verse 20 ).

God created all life on earth. He created all mankind from one blood. The Holy Scriptures say in the
Book of Acts : “.... And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation....”.

Everywhere people are religious. Death is not the end. When a person dies lost their living relatives
cannot through unscriptural religious acts pray them out of hell or out of purgatory.

God is the only true God. He is full of Mercy Compassion and Justice. He is longsuffering towards
mankind.He always us send his prophets to warn mankind before sending judgement.

We are living in the last days. We are living in the end times.

Funerals are sad places to be. The death of a loved one is very sad. The saddest thing though is
when someone dies lost without God and goes to the regions of the lost. There is no hope of the
resurrection of life in the regions of the lost.

“...If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature : old things have passed away ; behold,all things are
become new....”. ( 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17 ).

There is no purgatory. There is no half way station to heaven. People are either saved or lost. A man
dressed in religious clothes cannot preach some dead sinner into heaven. “...The wages of sin is
death.....” . ( Romans 6 verse 23 ) . “...The soul that sinneth it shall surely die....”. ( Ezekiel 18
verse 20 ).

It has been said by a man sent by God , Brother Branham that :“...People can be sincere and be
sincerely wrong ....”.

Burning candles do not help. People may burn candles “...but still be sincerely wrong...”.There is no
such religious practice in the Bible. The Bibel says the living must not try to communicate with the
dead. Leviticus 19 verse 31 says : “....31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek
after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God....”. In Leviticus 20 verse 6 we
read : “...And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a
whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his
people.....” and Leviticus 20 verse 27 says :“...A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or
that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be
upon them......”.

Religion is man made. There is a better way. Christianity is the better way. Christianity is heaven
sent.

It is okay to be religious but religion does not save . There is a better way. Religion cannot take you
out of the grave in the Resurrection of the Just. People may be buried by religious people who may
say wonderful things over their coffin. However, the way a person dies determines their destiny.

If a person dies without God they are lost. The Bible declares that “...the dead in Christ will rise
first....”. ( 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 16 ). “....for the trumpet shall sound , and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed. 53.For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality....”. ( 1 Corinthians 15 verse 52 and 53 ).

In the Holy Scriptures in the Book of Acts the Apostle Paul says :

“......1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out
of the scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and
that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great
multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the
baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city,
crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is
another king, one Jesus.
8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither
went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men,
not a few.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at
Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and
Timotheus abode there still.
15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto
Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city
wholly given to idolatry.
17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the
market daily with them that met with him.
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some
said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods:
because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new
doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things
mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either
to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all
things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE
UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,
dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all
life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath
determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be
not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said,
For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like
unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to
repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised
him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will
hear thee again of this matter.
33 So Paul departed from among them.
34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the
Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.....”.

Religious People ignorantly worship “ they know not what...” . Why ? Within them is a desire to
worship a Supreme Being. And satan comess around to pervert that desire and gives them a
counterfeit religion.

There are so many religions in this world each one professing to be the right one. Christianity is not
a religion. Christianity is a relationship between God and man. Religion is man trying to reach up to
God. Christianity is God reaching down to man.

There is only one way to God. That is God's Provided Way. The Lord Jesus Christ said : “..Iam the
Way, the Truth and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me...”. ( John 14 verse 6 ).

The tower of Babel after Noah's flood was man attempt to form a one world government in a vain
attempt to find a global solution to any more world floods like that experienced in the days when
Noah built the Ark. ( See Genesis Chapters 6 to Chapter 11 ). The LORD God had already said in
Genesis 9 verse 15 that “.... the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.....”. What
did the unbelievers do ? They built a tower of Babel so that if it rained they could run up the tower
to escape the “flood waters”. They united their minds in unbelief to find a worldly solution to what
they perceived would be another global flood. However , after the flood we read in Genesis 9
verse 8 to 17 we read :

“......8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of
the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the
waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every
living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the
cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all
flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting
covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between
me and all flesh that is upon the earth.....” .

In the Garden of Eden when Adam sinned , “ .... And the LORD God called unto Adam , Where
art thou ?...” ( Genesis 3 verse 9 ).

The LORD God knew where Adam was. Adam had to acknowledge that he had fallen from the
state of Grace into a state of sin. Adam by disobedience to the Word of God had been cast out of
God's presence. “.... 13. For Adam was first formed , then Eve. 14. Adam was not deceived , but
the women being deceived was in transgression.....” ( 1 Timothy Chapter 2 verse 13 to 14 ).

Adam was no longer clothed with the veil of Light . His righteousness was now like filthy rags. He
tried to cover his nakedness with fig leaves. “....Without the shedding of Blood there is no remission
of sins.....”. ( Hebrews 9 verse 22 ). Reading on in the Holy Scriptures in Genesis 3
we read :

“....And he said, I heard thy Voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I as naked; and I hid
myself .
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all
cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel....”.

The promise of the coming Messiah was given in Genesis 3 verse 15.This was fulfilled when John 3
verse 16 was manifested at Calvary. Adam and Eve and the serpent were judged individually by the
Righteous Judge who will Judge every man that rejected God's plan of salvation and crossed the
line separating Mercy and judgement . They will be judged one day at the White Throne Judgement
for their works that they have done in their bodies of flesh during their sojourn on earth.

“...........16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten
of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and
now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.........”.

Sin cannot abide in Paradise. Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden because of their disobedience.
Mankind must submit his will to the will of God. The will of the flesh must be denied and placed in
full submission to the Word of God. In the Holy Scriptures in the Book of James 4 verse 7 , the
Bible says :” ...Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.....”.
The Apostle Paul speaks about the works of the flesh will prevent an individual from entering
paradise.
“..20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.....”. ( Matthew 5 verse
20 ).
In the holy Scriptures in the Book of Galatians the Apostle Paul says :

“.......1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled
again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen
from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which
worketh by love.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that
troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence
of the cross ceased.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh,
but by love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the
one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.............”

Adam and Eve were put out of His presence. A sinner is not in fellowship with God. To worship
God an individual must be born again to worship God in Spirit and in truth. ( John 4 verse 24 ). A
sinner has no joy. There is no peace for the wicked. ( Isaiah 48 verse 22 ).

“.....The joy of the Lord is our strength.....”. ( Nehemiah 8 verse 10 ) . “...In His presence there is
fulness of joy.... . .”. ( Psalms 16 verse 11 ).
In Paradise there is righteousness , peace and joy . There is no devil there. Satan will be bound a
thousand years before he is cast into the lake of fire.( Revelation 20 verses 1 to 10). Satan is a liar,a
thief and a robber. Satan came into this world to steal,to kill and to destroy.( John 10 verse 10 ) but
the Lord Jesus Christ , the one true Living God who rose victorious over death hell and the grave,
came that mankind could have everlasting life, Zoe Life in abundance. ( John 10 verse 10).

In the garden of Eden, in Genesis 3 ,the serpent came to steal, kill and destroy. Satan is a home
breaker. He wreaked havoc in the fist family of mankind. The family of Adam and Eve knew
sorrow and heartbreak when Cain, Satan's son through an adulterous relationship with Eve, killed
Abel the righteous son of Adam. Cain was not Adam's son. Cain was of the wicked one ( John 3
verse 12). In the genealogies there is no mention of Cain. Enoch was the seventh from Adam. ( 1
Chronicles chapter 1 verses 1 to 3 ; Jude 14).

That wicked serpent in the garden of Eden did hybrid the genectic pool of mankind and corrupted
all flesh.

“....1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were
born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of
all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in
unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which
were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man,
and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah
walked with God.....”

Notice “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God ” ( Genesis
6 verse 9 ).

As you read on the rest of Genesis Chapter 6 we read :

“.............10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way
upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and
without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred
cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of
the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is
the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons,
and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep
them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after
his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be
for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.....”.

Wickedness has to be judged. There will be no wickedness in Paradise. Wickedness will not enter
Paradise. Revelation 21 verse 8 gives a list of people that will not be there in the New Heavens and
the New Earth.
There will no fearful in Paradise. There will be no unbelievers in paradise. There will be
abominable in Paradise. There will be no murderers in Paradise. There will be no whoremongers.
There will be no sorcerers in Paradise. There will be no idolaters in Paradise. There will be no liars
in Paradise. Revelation 21 verse 1 to 8 says :
“......1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as
a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write:
for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death..........”
When Jesus walked on earth in the days of His sojourn on earth before being crucified and rising
from the dead within three days, it is written in the Holy Scripture in the Gospel of Matthew chapter
22 from verse 16 :

“...16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that
thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou
regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked
him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and,
having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God
in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of
the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered
together............” .
There is no fornication or filthy living in Paradise. No marriage and divorce to remarry. No
polygamous relationships. No sex in Paradise. Whether it be fornication , adultery or sexual
depravity. No sexual depravity in paradise. No filth will enter there. No wickedness will enter
Paradise. No sin will enter Paradise. Paradise is a holy Place and no unlean will enter there. The
righteousness of man is as filthy rags in the eyes of the Lord. “.....But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousness are as filthy rags ; and we do fade as a leaf ; and our iniquities , like the
wind , have taken us away.....” ( Isaiah 64 verse 6 ).
Notice what Jesus said in verse 30. “....For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of
the dead, but of the living.......” .
To the dying thief on the cross , we read in the Holy Scriptures in the Gospel of Luke 23 from
verse 39 to 47 :
“.......39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ,
save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same
condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done
nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a
righteous man. ..............”.

Paradise is a real place. The wicked will not enter there. One thief on the cross repented of his
wickedness and had his sins forgiven. The other thief refused to repent and mocked and scoffed
away his day of redemption and went to hell. He sinned away his day of grace. No wickedness will
enter Paradise. Sin will not enter there.

To be saved , we have to be born again. ( John 3 verse 3 and John 3 verse 5 and Acts 2 verses 37
and 38 ). Man is born in sin. The Lord Jesus willingly laid down His Life and died on the cross and
was buried in the tomb but arose victorious from the dead within three days and is alive
forevermore.
Revelation 1 verse 18 says :
“........I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the
keys of hell and of death........”.
Revelation Chapter 2 verse 1 to 7 says:
“.....1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven
stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are
evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will
come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh
will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God..........”.

There is the Kingdom of God . The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness peace
and joy in the Holy Ghost. ( Romans 14 verse 17 ). By Grace, through the Plan of Redemption a
sinner is “....delivered out of the power of darkness....and...translated .....into the Kingdom of His
Dear Son ...” . ( Colossians 1 verse 13 ).
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Way , the Truth and the Life. ( John 14 verse 6 ). To enter Heaven we
must be born again. ( John 3 verse 3 and John 3 verse 5 ); and after confession of sins a sinner must
be baptised by immersion in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ ( Acts 2 verses 37 and 38 ) so that
he may receive the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and become a ne w creation in Christ Jesus . ( 2
Corinthians 5 verse 17 ).
The Word of God tells us that God will not tolerate sin. The Word of God also tells us that God has
Provided the Way of salvation in His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. “...Wherefore when He cometh
into the world, He saith , Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not , but a body Thou hast prepared
Me....” .( Hebrews 10 verse 5 ).

Revelation 21 verses 1 to 8 says :

“..........1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write:
for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death.....”.

And Revelation 22 says :

“......1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne
of God and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare
twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his
servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord
God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets
sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to
worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that
is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his
work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and
the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall
add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take
away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written
in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen...........”.