Luke 23:43 "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.

" Without the revealed word: no understanding: can’t recognized God and Jesus  no
Purpose
- to make them distinguish between words and the true meaning
- to make them understand the importance of understanding the true meaning of the words
at the time of the fulfillment of the prophecy.
 Intro:
Luke 23:43 "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise."
Salvation
With the revealed word: understanding: can recognize God and Jesus  Salvation
Ps 22:16-18 Prophecy about Jesus’ crucifixion
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: Have you staked your life on Jesus? Do you really
understand His will through His Words? Have you put your ultimate trust in him? Based on
His Words, are you sure that you will be with him in paradise?

Is the criminal totally understand what He is telling in here?

Scripture Is Fulfilled

Before we get into the story, however, it's important to realize that Jesus' crucifixion with
other criminals was no accident of history. It is a fulfillment of prophecy:

"He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth....
He poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:9, 12)

John 17:3, Jesus defined eternal life saying, “This is eternal life, that they may know you,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

We can received the eternal life and be with Jesus in paradise through knowing Him
truly by His Words. (John 1:1)

Lk 24:27 All the scriptures talking about Jesus Bonus lesson:

:32 Our heart are burning when the scriptures was opened
:44-45 Everything  fulfilled
: Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms Do the dogs and pigs go to Hell according to the Scripture?

Then he open their minds so they could understand the scripture. Rv 22:15 Dogs  outside the city (Heaven)
Is 66:17 X eat the flesh of pigs  destruction
Phil 3:2 Watch out for those dogs
Mt 7:6 X give dogs  sacred
X throw pigs  pearl
What are these dogs and pigs in the Bible?
2 Pt 2:20-22 Dog return  vomit
Pig that is washed  wallowing in the mud
Those who have known the way of righteousness, then to turn their backs on
the sacred command: Dogs and Pigs

Who is the very first dog/pig that appears in the Bible?

Gn 3:24
God blocked Adam from going to the way to the Tree of Life
Eden
At the time of Jesus’ first coming?
Ps 22:16-18 > Mt 27 Israel people
1000 years before Jesus:

Ps 22:16-18
Dogs & Pigs 
The story of dog, pig
The story of David

Jesus
* When is the time we can understand the true meaning of the Parables?  At the
time of the fulfillment