If people knew that God gives (true and actual) eternal life, they would recognize that death is judgment. Death is a harsh judgment - though not as harsh as that everlasting hell-fire brought to you in part by the church of Jesus, the human sacrificee.
If people knew that God saves and transforms the flesh, they would recognize that fear is useless. I'm not talking about an immediate fright, shock, or surprise; I'm talking about looking into the future, being afraid of it, and preparing for the worst. This is the godlessness of the nations.
But people do not know God. They say that God is kind, but God is not kind to this race. God is openly showing everyone who God is, but no one believes God. They are literally saying to God, "You are a liar! You are kind and merciful." But the hour is coming when people will believe God. It is impossible for a man to believe God without first being honest with himself - and this is God's hurdle for the living.
People hope for heaven, where God is kind to them. They admit this. But they will not admit that God is not kind to them here and now. Understand, the dead do not know God - they do not know anything. God is God of the living, and if a woman does not cross that bridge into eternal life, it is because God rejected her; she did not know God.
It is difficult for humanity to believe that God gives eternal life, being so long rejected by God. Even the church found it easier to believe in eternal life in heaven after you die (especially after so many saints and bishops and apostles were dropping dead). Though the church initially believed in eternal life as Christ explained to them (being raised up himself, flesh and all, to life eternal) - they clung to religion; they made a religion out of him and made up a "word of God" to solidify their faith. God wasn't about to send or save anyone else for a hell of a long time. And for the last 2000 or so years, God has been intent on saving no one (narrow is the way, and those who enter are few - it's easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle). God is consistent - and because of this consistency, God is knowable. Just pay attention.
If a person goes to God, like an infant being introduced to his mother, assuming nothing about her, God is willing to be found, for a short while. Go to God with your many rules, laws and opinions, and you will find yourself rejected. If God does permit you to stumble across mercy, then some of the strange sounding Psalms will start to make sense (like Psalm 16, where the author was talking about him/herself) - though many of those Psalms should be fire fuel.
