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I'm puzzling the term aiōnios zōē (eternal life). Sinai understood that Yahweh’s kingdom was eternal (aiōnios: Dan.4:3), that Yahweh was (Is.26:4), and that she was Yahweh’s kingdom (Ex.19:6). Yet she was at best a prophetic shadow, hence kingdom member Nicodemus could neither see nor enter the true kingdom unless born anew (Jhn.3:3). I accept that those under Sinai were neither regenerate nor had Yahweh’s spirit indwelling as individuals – they were not his children although corporately they were his child (Hos.11:1). Yeshuism introduced spiritual birth/regeneration, individual siblingship, etc. And I accept two basic definitions of eternal life: one as immediate (Jhn.17:3) and the other as postmortem (ultimate). My question is, is there any evidence that eternal life (not simply blessings) existed under Sinai in any way that it did not among the goyim?