What About Elijah?

9. What About Elijah?

2 Kings 2:11, "...and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Remember, there are three heavens. The atmosphere above us, the second heaven where the planets are located, and beyond this is the Third Heaven, the abode of God. ( 2 Corinthians 12:2) We know that this human body cannot inherit the Kingdom of God from Genesis 3:19 and 1 Corinthians 15:50 ...

"...for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return." (Genesis 3:19) "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood (our bodies) cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.”(1 Corinthians 15:50)

Elijah was taken up, as he did not die the natural death from old age or sickness and etc. He did not enter the third heaven, because our natural bodies cannot enter the Kingdom of God. When he separated from his natural body we do not know. When he went up, he was then translated to Paradise of Sheol, where all the Old Testament saints went.