There are so many doctrinal rockets firing at this moment that it’s hard to know where to look first. The one thief on the cross had sin in him but not on him, Jesus had sin on Him but not in him, and the other one had sin on him and in him. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:42,43 (KJB) “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. What happened on the cross, from a doctrinal perspective, was the overlapping cacophony of a dispensational explosion, and yet in the midst of all that chaos, there is much to be gleaned for us here in the closing hours of the Church Age. He was saved by the shed blood of Jesus, while at the same time being in extreme violation of the Law of Moses at a time when the Law was still in effect. He trusted in Jesus Christ, but didn’t go to Heaven when he died. The salvation of the thief on the cross has, on one hand, everything to do with your salvation, and on the other, very little. The thief on the cross got saved without baptism, good works or church attendance, so what can we learn from that here at the end of the Church Age?
