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1 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 2 | FytRobert | 107872 | ||
Hi Pastor Glenn, Thanks for your prompt and excellent answear as commented by Makarios but unfortunately, I am still unable to draw a conclusion. Did Elijah and Enoch go up into heaven, if not, where did God take them to? Bearing in mind of what Jesus said in John3:13."....no one has ever gone into heaven.." Your comments will no doubt ease my mind. With love in Christ FytRobert |
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2 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 2 | Pastor Glenn | 107910 | ||
FytRobert, You asked: "Did Elijah and Enoch go up into heaven, ...Bearing in mind of what Jesus said in John3:13."....no one has ever gone into heaven.."" Yes, they went up to heaven by God's power. They did not walk up on their own. As I said before: The answer has to be in the translation of "went up" or "ascended". Notice synonyms: arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower. A similar scripture using "ascended": Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. Notice "ascending" here indicates rising to heaven by their own power. Elijah and Enoch did not "walk" up to heaven. They were "taken": Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him";[Gen 5:24] for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. The bottom line is "....no one has ever gone into heaven.."(NIV) is better translated as: 13 "(16) No one has ascended into heaven, but (17) He who descended from heaven: (18) the Son of Man.(NASB) 13No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.(NKJV) Pastor Glenn |
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