The Christian belief in heaven originated after the death of Jesus with the idea that he had been taken up into heaven or exalted to the right hand of God. Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)
The sinners … did not even have the consolation of feeling they were in God’s good books. The educated people told them that they were displeasing to God and “they ought to know.” Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)