Editing Paradise (section)

===Jehovah's Witnesses===
{{See also|Jehovah's Witnesses and salvation}}
[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe, from their interpretation of the [[Book of Genesis]], that God's original purpose was, and is, to have the earth filled with the offspring of [[Adam and Eve]] as caretakers of a global paradise. However, Adam and [[Eve]] rebelled against God's sovereignty and were banished from the Garden of Eden, driven out of paradise into toil and misery.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that disobedient and wicked people will be destroyed by Christ at [[Armageddon]] and those obedient to Christ will live eternally in a restored earthly paradise. Joining the survivors will be the resurrected righteous and unrighteous people who died prior to Armageddon. The latter are brought back because they paid for their sins by their death and/or because they lacked opportunity to learn of Jehovah's requirements before dying. These will be judged on the basis of their post-resurrection obedience to instructions revealed in new "scrolls". They believe that resurrection of the dead to paradise earth is made possible by [[Blood of Christ|Christ's blood]] and the [[ransom sacrifice]]. This provision does not apply to those whom Christ as Judge deems to have sinned against God's holy spirit.<ref>''What Does the Bible Really Teach?'' (Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, 2005), Chapter 7</ref><ref>''Insight on the Scriptures'' (Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, 1988), 783–92</ref>

One of [[Sayings of Jesus on the cross#2. To day shalt thou be with me in paradise|Jesus' statements before he died]] were the words to a man hanging alongside him, "you will be with me in Paradise."<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|23:43}}</ref> The [[New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures|New World Translation]] places a comma after the word 'today', dividing it into two separate phrases, "I tell you today" and "you will be with me in Paradise". This differs from standard translations of this verse as "I tell you today you will be with me in Paradise".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblehub.com/luke/23-43.htm|title=Luke 23:43|access-date=2 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20141003144036/http://biblehub.com/luke/23-43.htm|archive-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> Based on scriptures such as [http://bible.cc/matthew/12-40.htm Matthew 12:40], [http://bible.cc/matthew/27-63.htm 27:63], [http://bible.cc/mark/8-31.htm Mark 8:31] and [http://bible.cc/mark/9-31.htm 9:31], Witnesses believe Jesus' expectation that he would be bodily resurrected after three days precluded his being in paradise on the same day that he died.<ref>"Meeting the Challenge of Bible Translation", ''The Watchtower'', June 15, 1974, page 362–363</ref>