Paradise was God’s idea from the beginning. In the garden, God created a place of life, beauty, and communion with Him. Sin shattered that world and closed the garden gates. Psalm 16 looks ahead with confidence to joy and eternal pleasures in God’s presence. In this midweek service, we hear how Jesus’ promise of paradise on the cross reaches all the way back to creation. What sin closed, the cross reopens. Redemption restores what was lost and fulfills what God promised from the start.