Earth is merely a temporary abode in which the soul is tested to prove its worthiness became increasingly popular during the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC). Gradually, some Hebrews began to adopt the idea of Heaven as the eternal home of the righteous dead.

Christianity

Descriptions of Heaven in the New Testament are more fully developed than those in the Old Testament, but are still generally vague. As in the Old Testament, in the New Testament

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