08-31-2012, 11:05 PM
Paradise is where we receive rest until the Lord comes again in glory and as St Paul states the dead will be raised first and those who are on earth will also be taken up to meet the Lord.
Those who were raised after Christ was crucified also received temporary life similar to those who Christ raised previously. We must trust Holy tradition for without it we start to speculate as many have and are doing regarding scripture. But the Orthodox church was there from the beginning and is the source of truth for such matters, unlike the private interpretation of scripture that others seem to employ to try to understand events that occured 2000 years ago.
Those who were raised after Christ was crucified also received temporary life similar to those who Christ raised previously. We must trust Holy tradition for without it we start to speculate as many have and are doing regarding scripture. But the Orthodox church was there from the beginning and is the source of truth for such matters, unlike the private interpretation of scripture that others seem to employ to try to understand events that occured 2000 years ago.