Thread: Thief on the Cross: A New Covenant Believer?
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Old 07-03-2008, 03:59 PM
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Re: Thief on the Cross: A New Covenant Believer?
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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind View Post
If the thief on the cross died under the old covenant, why was he promised "paradise" which is the new covenant reward? I think the new covenant doesn't take effect practically until Pentecost. No one was baptized after the death of christ until pentecost.
That is if paradise refers to heaven and not to the place of the righteous dead
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