Jesus, crucified on the cross with Barabas, a murderer and thief, but nevertheless a believer, said: “Lord, remember me when thou comest unto thy kingdom.” Jesus said unto him, verily, I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Luke 23: 42-43
Obviously, Jesus did nor know what was already declared in the bible. In Eccl: 9:5, it clearly states: “The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward for the memory of them is forgotten.”
So if there were no life after death what paradise after death was Jesus talking about or promising a thief dying alongside with him?
Well, here’s more convoluted truth revealed in the bible: Just before he resurrected Lazarus, Jesus likened death to sleep. John 11:11-14. Which brings up another question, if the best friend of Jesus Lazarus was already dead and already enjoying eternal salvation in the kingdom of God, why from heaven bring him back to life on earth? Wasn't that malicious cruelty on the part of Jesus. Poch Suzara
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Jesus often spoke of an afterlife, and the Pharisees presumably believed in the concept as well, hence their question to him about whose heavenly wife would a woman be if she married multiple husbands on earth. Clearly, the concept evolved somewhere along the way because, as you said, the Hebrew Bible--so far as I can recall--is pretty clear that this life is all there is.
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