[Cronos]

boogieman : . He didn’t, however, say the thief would be in “Heaven, on this day”, or “resurrected, on this day”, but that the thief would be in “paradise, on this day”. Most of the possible meanings of “paradise” are quite different than the traditional meaning of heaven.

True, the limbo of the Righteous or Abrahams bosom

I dispute the poster's point of saying that we won't go with Him until His return.

[Boogieman]

“I dispute the poster’s point of saying that we won’t go with Him until His return.”

Sure, but I’d want to see some better evidence from Scripture than that verse, since it doesn’t seem to be talking about heaven at all.