Claim. Jesus remains in paradise rather than heaven because he never established a national sovereignty able to communicate directly between heaven and earth; the same condition binds every believer.
Elaboration. SMM grounds the national-foundation requirement christologically: “Jesus is waiting in paradise. Paradise is the waiting room to go to heaven. Jesus did not establish a national sovereignty in front of God that had the power to communicate directly between heaven and earth. Thus, he could not stand in front of God on that basis. Please understand that this is the reason Jesus could not stand in front of Heaven’s throne” (CSG 13.1 §2, 56-201, 1972.5.14). The same incompleteness extends to individual salvation: “Moreover, you too cannot go to heaven alone. Heaven was originally designed as the place where Adam and Eve, had they not fallen, would have gone to live together, as a family, with their sons and daughters. If you do not go as a family, then you cannot go.” Salvation is structurally familial-then-national; without restoring a nation in this life, “when you go to the spirit world you cannot have the value of a person who belongs to the heavenly nation” (ibid, 40-131, 1971.1.30). The messianic task therefore necessarily includes nation-building, not interior conversion alone.