Thanks, you have given me some things to think about over next few days.
Many people are vague about this, I know I was. Hellenized concepts of Hell akin to Dante’s Inferno coupled with translations that treat Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Hell as interchangeable while failing to distinguish the profound change in the status of those righteous dead, from under the Law to the fulfillment of it via the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, have led to that vagueness.
It’s actually startling in its clarity, what was meant by that statement. It’s a very appropriate topic to ponder for this day. “Today you’ll be with me in paradise.”
And he was.