1LoverofGod
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I know this is a dumb question but it has been stirring my thoughts so I want to pose the question out there and get some feedback.
According to Scripture the Rapture was a mystery to the OT Saints so while there are examples of the Rapture in the OT, there's no detail on the subject.
We have the example of Enoch
"And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him"
Genesis 5:24
And the example of Elijah
"Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven"
2 Kings 2:11
What has stirred my thinking is because the OT has limited information on the Rapture, because it was a mystery until the mystery was revealed to the Apostle Paul who detailed what the Rapture is.
According to Paul's writing on the subject he clearly states that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and describes what must take place to go to Heaven.
"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [a]mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
1 Corinthians 15:50-54
In the OT, Jesus has not yet sacrificed his shed blood for salvation. But that may not be relevant, I don't know.
From what the Bible says to enter heaven we must receive glorified bodies, which occurs when we "change in a twinkling of an eye".
So this is my question....
Since the Rapture was a mystery in the OT, are we to assume that Enoch and Elijah received glorified bodies to be caught up into Heaven?
The OT reference to their being caught up doesn't say.
According to Scripture the Rapture was a mystery to the OT Saints so while there are examples of the Rapture in the OT, there's no detail on the subject.
We have the example of Enoch
"And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him"
Genesis 5:24
And the example of Elijah
"Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven"
2 Kings 2:11
What has stirred my thinking is because the OT has limited information on the Rapture, because it was a mystery until the mystery was revealed to the Apostle Paul who detailed what the Rapture is.
According to Paul's writing on the subject he clearly states that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and describes what must take place to go to Heaven.
"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [a]mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
1 Corinthians 15:50-54
In the OT, Jesus has not yet sacrificed his shed blood for salvation. But that may not be relevant, I don't know.
From what the Bible says to enter heaven we must receive glorified bodies, which occurs when we "change in a twinkling of an eye".
So this is my question....
Since the Rapture was a mystery in the OT, are we to assume that Enoch and Elijah received glorified bodies to be caught up into Heaven?
The OT reference to their being caught up doesn't say.
