Question:
What did Christ mean when He told the man on the cross “Today I will see you in paridise” If the dead are not going to rise untill the rapture.
Answer:
The dying thief was going to be in the presence of the Lord that very day. The Resurrection, which is future, is when we receive our new bodies. II Corinthians 5:8 says that we will “be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”