There is another passage in the Old Testament, that also proves that Paradise--the first Heaven--was (or still is?) under the Earth! It is the story about King Saul, who in despair about his future went in disguise to a witch—a medium—in a town called Endor, to call up the spirit of Samuel the prophet of God. He wanted to find out what was going to happen to him and to Israel, being at war with the Philistines. (Uh-Oh! A saved child of God going to a witch! Tsk! Tsk! But yet, he got an answer through her anyway! Not recommended though!)

Now, do you think for a moment, that Samuel was old and wearing a mantle in Paradise? Of course not! But for this occasion he did, otherwise Saul wouldn’t have recognised him! This is a phenomenon that often occurs in the spiritual, that the departed saints adapt themselves to our needs! Even Jesus after his resurrection, made himself invisible, and sometimes they didn’t even recognise him, or He "held their eyes!" But when doddery old geezers die and depart for Heaven, they do not look "old" in the spiritual! They normally look younger, like in the prime of life, although some DO have white hair, like Jesus does nowadays!

So, the next day Saul did die indeed! So, that was really Samuel! Why? Because he spoke the truth, he prophesied and it came to pass! This wasn’t, as some Churches believe, some demon or familiar spirit who imitated Samuel! No, that was really him! No doubt about it! And really socking it to Saul, as he used to when he was still in his flesh!
Saul actually committed suicide—"he fell on his sword"— and he went to "Heaven"
"WHAT?? How can that be?" Well, that's to say...to PARADISE under the EARTH! He went to be with Samuel the prophet, who "came up" it says! And if that's not enough proof for us, that paradise was under the Earth, it specifically says, that the witch saw "gods ascending out of the earth!" That was after she saw Samuel!
Now we know that Samuel was one of the greatest prophets of God, and if there was NO paradise under the earth, then even the greatest prophet of God, must have been living in HELL! Well, that can't be of course! So Paradise was really UNDER the Earth, and Saul who in spite of committing suicide went to be with him in Paradise, was obviously saved.
We know actually for a fact, about his spiritual rebirth also from the following verses—A story that happened at the beginning of Saul's career, when he was still a humble guy:

Now please don't take this as an excuse to take your life! The Lord will take you home—if you're saved—but He will surely not leave you undisciplined for destroying His temple, even if you are bound for Heaven! So beware!
But we did find the answer to our question, paradise and prison were obviously UNDER THE EARTH! SO Jesus went under the Earth to first visit Paradise, to deliver his newly saved friend...the thief, and to show Himself obviously to all the other saved guys and girls down there--the "gods out of the earth"--that had believed on Him back in time, as Job had, who said in the Old Testament, long before Jesus came!: Job 19:25

So He showed Himself to Job, and David and Abraham, and Moses, etc. And they were all real happy to see Him and Who knows, but that they had probably seen Him there before! If it was Paradise, He must have at least visited them sometimes, right? But after that, Jesus went to prison.
Some believers might say, "Well, how are you so sure that the thief was saved? He never went to Church! He wasn't even baptised? He hadn't spoken in tongues yet, as proof that he had received the Holy Spirit...?"
Well, it says that he went to Paradise doesn't it? Sounds like he was saved! Paradise!—A nice place to be! Not Hell! Sometimes we wonder about these people who say things like that. Almost as if they WISH the old thief went to Hell! Almost as if they worship "Justice" more than mercy! Brrrr!
But, we have another scripture to prove that he was saved! Romans 10:13

And Acts 2:21:

And he sure did call from his cross upon the Lord and so was immediately saved and on his way! Perhaps not immediately on his way to Heaven, but at least to Paradise! So the saved in those days didn't go immediately up to Heaven, but went immediately down to Paradise! And it was under the earth! Obviously! Where else could it have been, if Jesus didn't go UP! It was not "in" or "on the earth", as the garden of Eden had long been destroyed! Look around you! Looks more like Hell every day!
So it must have been UNDER the earth, until that time! What do you mean: "Until that time?" Well, because perhaps it was moved since then! But the question is first: "Where did Jesus GO?" He went to the prison! Proverbs 9:18

And Psalm 18:5

Jonah 2:6 prophesied about Jesus' trip there:

And Peter says in ACTS 2:23

To stay there? No, because the scripture said: Psalm 16:10

So besides visiting Paradise to deliver the thief and perhaps say hello to all His saved friends down there, he also visited Hell, also called Hades in the original Greek New Testament or Sheol in the Hebrew Old Testament! He went and preached to them, and who knows that a lot of them believed and got saved and promoted to Paradise under the Earth, at His resurrection! Probably not resurrected! ONLY the Old Testament Saints, it says, got resurrected after Jesus' resurrection! As is written in Matthew 25:51

Now here it talks about the bodies of the saints that slept (were dead!)—Not just their spirits— coming UP out of the graves that were opened: These were not just spirits or ghosts walking around! These were resurrected bodies of the saints! And where did they go afterwards? That's a good question! Where did Jesus go after His resurrection? HE went UP! Where did He go? UP to the Father! Where is the Father? Up in Heaven! Obviously!

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