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We must remember that our service to Jehovah is eternal, but our present assignment is temporary.- w19 8/15 p. 25

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2 Kings 2: 9-12

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"Elisha said: “Please, may I receive a double portion*+ of your spirit?” ... " - 2 Kings 2:9b

SOJJ: #38: He Will Make You Strong (1 Peter 5:10 - See also Rom. 8:32; 14:8, 9; Heb. 6:10; 1 Pet. 2:9)
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Elijah is taken to some miles away to Judah 2 Chron 21: 19

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2 KINGS 2:11
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.- King James Bible

The bible basically uses the same word for both heaven (Spiritual domain where God lives) and sky/the heavens (the atmosphere where birds fly)


The word heaven(s) is used in the bible to refer to a number of different things associted with height/that which is above, from a human perspective.

#1. [The] Heaven(s): Outer space/The physical universe consisting of stars and planets. Isaiah 13:10 "For the stars of the heavens and their constellations"

#2. [The] Heaven(s): The sky/atmosphere where birds fly. Isaiah 45:8 ""You heavens, rain down from above; Let the clouds pour ..." Deut 4:17 " any winged bird that flieth in the heavens"

#3. [The] Heaven(s): The spiritual realm where God lives. Psalms 33:13, 14 "Jehovah looks down from heaven [...] From his place of residence"

#QUESTION: Does the bible indictate which of the above Elijah was taken to?

Yes, the event happened during the reign of the Jewish king Jehoshaphat, as is evident from the fact that Jehoshaphat was alive to speak with Elijah's successor Elishah (see 2 Kings 3:11). Yet a number of years later, during the reign of Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram, the bible speaks of Elijah still alive and well, and writing a letter.

“And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.” - 2 Chronicles 21:1

“And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, ... Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah…” - 2 Chronicles 21:12

How could Elijah write a letter after he had been taken to the heavens unless he was alive when Jehoram became king? The only logical conclusion is that Elijah didn't die at all but was taken up not to the highest heaven where God lives, and not into outer space (where presumably he would die of asphyxia) but up into the sky #3 and transported to another location on the earth.

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SOJJ: #138: Beauty in Gray-Headedness (Proverbs 16:31 - See also Psalm. 71:9, 18 ; Prov 20:29; Matt 25:21, 23; Luke 22:28; 1 Tim 5:1)
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