We are Appointed Once to Die but There are Some Exceptions
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Originally Posted by Daniel Seppings
There were three people recorded in the New Testament that were resurrected. they are 1. the only son of a widow from Nain (Luke
7:11-14)2. the daughter of the religious leader Jairus (Mark
5:22-43) 3. Lazarus (John 11:1-44) where are they now? also if what you are saying is correct so I understand you clearly, the Mount transfiguration was not a real event but a fantasy picture of some future event to come? as you said, "was a picture of the millennial kingdom even though they are asleep right now" can you back this theory up? how did you come to the conclusion that the two personages that appeared to Jesus Christ never really appeared and it was just a fantasy of some future event?
We are appointed once to die so they who have been resurrected should not die again. For example, those who came out of their tombs when Jesus died should not go back to the grave if they are appointed once to die only and given resurrected bodies. BUT, those who are resurrected are also immediately raptured to the throne at the 1st trumpet or to meet the Lord in the air at the 7th trumpet. It's difficult to think of another place that is not heaven where they may go to along with Enoch and Elijah.
But as far as I know those 4 resurrection accounts, including those who came out of their graves, were done to show the power of God's ability to resurrect, so they would live out the rest of their lives and then would go to rest AGAIN, waiting to be resurrected at the end of this age. This is an exception to the rule. "But Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and do not be afraid. When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only" (Matt. 17.7,8). So Moses and Elijah went back to sleep.
As for Enoch and Elijah who were raptured alive there is a place they go to but not heaven because they did not receive resurrected bodies, and you can't come before the high priest in heaven naked without a body. Acts 2.34 says nobody is in heaven yet. So it stands to reason there is a holding place for Enoch and Elijah before they come back as the Two Witnesses and get martyred. Perhaps it is a place of training to prepare them what they have to endure as the Two Witnesses. The "fantasy picture" might not be an accurate depiction because Elijah and Moses could have been taken out of Hades temporary to facilitate the picture of the millennial kingdom when they stand before others. This is similar to Lazarus and the Rich Man. Both were dead, yet we saw a picture of them speaking to Abraham so you can allow for a temporary activation of their being in these scenes to depict the condition that is in Hades which is ultimately timeless unawares awaiting for resurrection.
The repentant thief was told by Jesus he would see Jesus this very day in Paradise below. Paradise below is what the Jews describe the place of Hades below. It is not Paradise above, the 3rd heaven. But there is no party going on in Hades so it is a figurative description. It still remains a place of timeless unawares to await resurrection from whether the good side of Hades or the bad side.
