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My answer is this. Jesus did not leave us to guess on how to get to heaven or even if there was a heaven or hell. That is no mystery. He gives a vivid description of both, in His Word. He also told us that he gave us His Word, the Bible, so that we wouldn't have to guess on what happens to us when we die, or where we're going. He even went so far as to come back from the dead and show us what happens to us after we die, when he resurrected from the dead and then ascended into heaven to join His Father in Heaven. If anyone would know how to get to heaven, it would be Jesus. He's been in heaven, came to earth, then went back again. The problem is that some don't want to believe him. Why, I will never know because God's character is that he cannot lie. He is sinless. Over 500 people watched him Ascend into heaven after his mission on Earth was done. There's nothing more the man could have done, to prove these things to us. Yet some still mock, curse, and disbelieve. And Jesus said even if one were to come back from the dead and tell us about heaven or hell, it would make no difference because he said we still wouldn't believe. He already did all that to prove himself. He doesn't need to do it again. Once was plenty enough. We'll really have no excuse, for not knowing what it takes to get to heaven. Jesus came down from heaven and showed us everything we needed to know to get to heaven.