both abided with minds of pure love & honouring goodness, which is a mental paradise
no. I do not believe Jesus physically died. the evidence in the Bible points to Jesus surviving the crucifixion ordeal (legs not broken, only on cross for a few hours, Centurion supervising, wife of Pilot warning Pilot, etc) despite being stabbed with a spear
I already answered you. being in paradise does not require death. in the Ben Hur movie, for example the believers were born anew without physically dying
