15/09/2026
ENOCH AND ELIJAH ALL D!ED!
JOHN 3: 13:
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (KJV)
We have explained that the scriptures must be interpreted in the light of Christ. Everything recorded in the scriptures must be judged by what Jesus said and what was recorded in the epistles.
The prophets had partial knowledge of God. Therefore, they were not fully accurate in some of their utterances. Many people have interpreted the record about the faith of Enoch in Hebrews 11: 5 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God” to mean that Enoch was raptured to Heaven without dying. If you pay attention to this text, the word heaven is even absent. It is an error to infuse heaven to it,
The author of the book of 2kings also recorded about Elijah in 2kings 2:11 that he went up by a whirlwind into heaven. This also appears to be saying that Elijah was raptured or taken to Heaven without dy!ng. If these people went or ascended to Heaven without dy!ng, then it contradicts what Jesus said in our opening text.
The author of the book of Hebrews who talked of the faith of these two elders emphatically said in Hebrews 11: 13 that “These all d!ed in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth”. This implies, all the elders mentioned in Hebrews 11 died.
The author goes on to verses 39 and 40 to say that, these elders could not achieve perfection without us. This means they could not achieve resurrection or immortality before Christ who is the firstfruit of our resurrection.
This corroborates what Jesus said in our opening text. Elijah and Enoch were not raptured to Heaven. Christ is the firstfruit of our resurrection and not Enoch or Elijah. Flesh and blood or mortality cannot enter Heaven. It could be that the author of the book of Kings had a partial revelation of God or our interpretation of those texts was inaccurate. There are various interpretations to these two people, but our study today is to establish the truth that Enoch and Elijah all died in faith.
Declare: I am growing in the knowledge of the scriptures. Thank you, Jesus.
Hebrews 11: 5,
Hebrews 11: 39- 40,
1Corinthians 15: 50- 53
New testament is the light of old testament
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