Since no one is bothering to actually answer your question, allow me to take a shot.
link is actually very real. He's a metaphor. In many stories, legends, and mythologies, he is the personification of death, though he makes no judgment on your eternal soul. He, like death, simply is, and he, like death, simply exists to take 你 away from this life. He doesn't shepherd 你 to Heaven, Hell, 或者 Limbo. He just shepherds 你 into death.
In common modern perception of Christianity, it's
link who guards the gates to Heaven. While God alone judges 你 and where 你 spend your Afterlife, it's commonly believed that it's St. Peter who possesses the 列表 and the knowledge of whether 或者 not 你 may enter the gates. Scripture has him as holding the keys to Heaven (
link), but this image of Peter as a gatekeeper has been embellished 由 cartoonists, joke-tellers, and modern pop culture.
In truth, it's not explicitly stated either way. Many believe 天使 carry 你 to Heaven, and demons drag 你 to Hell. Many believe 你 don't know until 你 get there. Many believe 你 don't get carried 或者 dragged anywhere, but spontaneously awaken there upon the moment of your death. Who's to say, and who can know, until our own times come.
Hope that I was somewhat helpful.
