Did a belief in hell always exist? (Hellfire Series Pt 4) Moments that Matter, Christian Questions

The biblical account of Adam and Eve is straightforward. God created them and placed them in the Garden of Eden. They had clear rules and a clear penalty of death. They disobey and dying begins. As God said, they would return to the dust of the ground.

In a recent podcast we observed that three fundamental questions must be asked to determine if a hell of torment is real. First, if eternal torture did come from God, why didn’t He tell Adam? Second, why in the almost 4,000-year history of Old Testament writings is a Hell of torment never ever referenced? Third, what did varied pagan histories during that same period of time plainly teach about afterlife torture?