[World English Bible]
Mark 9:2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them. 9:3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 9:4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
9:5 Peter answered Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Lets make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 9:6 For he didnt know what to say, for they were very afraid.
9:7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.
9:8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
Jude 9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, May the Lord rebuke you!
2 Kings 2:1 It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings 2:11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2:12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!
He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
Exodus 4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
How does Jesus become Moses, Elijah and Himself when Moses is dead and Elijah is supposedly taken up to heaven in 2 Kings 2:11? Does Jesus here resurrect Moses whom Michael the Archangel was disputing with Satan over the whereabouts of Moses body (Jude 9) and then send Moses body back to where it came from? The reasoning here is that God tells Moses he will not see the promised land. Jesus in John 3:13 says no one has gone to heaven except Him. Jesus changes into Elijah who is reported to have ascended to heaven in 2 Kings 2:11 and also Moses who's dead, whereabouts of the body only God knows. See Exodus (God tells Moses to go up to the mountain right after Moses tells Joshua that he, Moses, will not enter into the promised land and that he, Joshua, is now in command of the Israelites.) Those resurrected by Jesus, the apostles and the disciples were not put to death after their resurrection. So what is my answer to the first question at the beginning of this paragraph? Jesus is Elijah and Moses as well as the Word.
. Who's to say heaven is even a place? Rather, I simply say they appeared and disappeared. There's no need to over-speculate there, because that will lead to problems.
