"Paradise"
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Paradise is often used metaphorically to mean any place or condition of pure happiness. Christians normally identify paradise with the Garden of Eden and with heaven, based upon Jesus saying to the thief on the Cross who believed in Him: “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43), and after His resurrection saying to the churches through the apostle John: “To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God” (Revelation 2:7). More
Freeman, James M., and Harold J. Chadwick. Manners & Customs of the Bible. North Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998. Print.
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