What were the qualities of a spiritual existence in heaven?
Spiritual rather than material: joy, peace and love, the pleasure of being reunited with loved ones, God always present
What were the qualities of a spiritual existence in hell?
Spiritual loss: eternal absence of god, no source of goodness, eternal separation from loved ones and endless sorrow and spiritual pain
Significance of time

For god, time has no meaning. There is no difference to God between the time where an individual dies and the end of time itself. There is only one, spiritual judgement at the time of death, and the final destination of each soul is decided at that time
