Well some characters in the bible held the view that because of the end of days is still a long time coming they used the word eternity for their descend into death.
You see judgment and resurrection are the things only prophets speak of and know about.
Thanks for the information. I found it fascinating to be informed of different cultures holding a relatively the same idea of death(that death brings no punishment nor reward at least not immediately though that's irrelevant to the dead because they're unable to register time). There's a traditional tribe here that holds the exact(fascinatingly similar) same belief on the dead as the Jews with their sheol.
I'm saddened that the mainstream Christianity has lost the original teaching on death and resurrection and now subscribe to a GREEK version of afterlife. There's a giant gulf between being mortal and immortal.