The Importance of Mechanisms in Eternal Life

The Israelites up until Jesus didn't even have a concept of eternal life in heaven. They did not go straight to heaven. They had no hope of heaven, no revelation of heaven,. No thought that that was possible. That's the best I can make of it. We can only know such things if the Bible tells us. So perhaps what are your thoughts on the scapegoat mechanism? Yeah, those are just some more reasons why I'm not a philosopher.