Disagree, somewhat.
More specifically;
Paradise IS; where the TREE OF LIFE IS.
The Tree of Life IS; where Paradise IS.
Man's "goal" is to mimic God, become likened to God, "to become" where God IS forever.
The seed, the soil, the root, the stem, the branch, the vine, the fruit....
....all references carnally to a tree
....all references spiritually to the Lord
....all references spiritually of a man who IS "WITH" the Lord...be the man naturally Bodily alive or dead.
Paradise IS; Where the seed, the soil, the root, the stem, the branch, the vine, the fruit of God IS....and a man with the Lord is also able to Be.
Paradise WAS;
.....in the Garden of Eden
.................for Adam, who did not eat of it.
Paradise WAS;
.....in the comfort side of hell
..................for saved souls waiting with
..................Abraham for Christ's redemption
Paradise IS:
.....for saved departed souls; (from the body)
..................in heaven
.....for saved imparted souls; (in the body)
..................in Quickened spirits of men
Paradise SHALL Be:
.....in Gods Kingdom on Earth.
.....for all saved & quickened & glorified men
.....forever with their Lord, their God.
God Bless,
Taken