Assertions without citations are like obfuscation without truth.The Bible means what it says. Paradise, as used in the NT is not in Hades. See Revelation 2:7Darrell C said:And while Heaven is called paradise (such as in Paul's description of the man caught up to Heaven), that paradise (the Just side of Sheol/Hades) was not Heaven.
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’