Matt on Nostr: Starting research on my next question: Before Jesus paid for our sins, did anyone go ...

Starting research on my next question:

Before Jesus paid for our sins, did anyone go to heaven? As I understand it, in the OT, sins were paid with animal sacrifices. And there are passages about people like Enoch or Elijah ascending to heaven, but not exactly by physical death. But I can’t imagine that Moses, Abraham, etc. went to hell…