Day 23...Day 192 (2 Samuel 17,18; Luke 23)..."A Theology of Heaven"

The account of Jesus' death and the thieves on the cross contains major tenants in my theology of death and heaven. Does our soul go immediately to Heaven?...a question I have been asked numerous times. I point to the thief on the cross and the "today" answer of Jesus. How do we release loved ones? The answer is found in Jesus saying..."Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." These biblical passages offer so much to our Christian tradition. As do all the events of Holy Week.

Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.