Disappear in Chariots of Fire | By-Passing of Mortal Death?

disappear in chariots of fire

Disappear in Chariots of Fire  

By-Passing of Mortal Death?

Metaphysical Story-telling and Re-telling or Real Event?

Elijah's Ascent in a Chariot of Fire

Bible Story

And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.

So they went down to Beth-el.

And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off and they two stood by Jordan.

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

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.

2 Kings ii, I-II 

Source: SongandPraise.Org

Five hundred years prior to the Incarnation of our Paradise Creator Son, Michael of Nebadon, who incarnated in his final bestowal into Jesus of Nazareth, parchment was not in general use for writing and record-keeping.

So, the traditional stories, many of them thousands and even tens of thousands of years old were kept alive and story-telling and re-telling, passed on to succeeding generations.

You ought to clearly comprehend that oral story-telling ever and always gets changed from individual to individual in single generations, let alone, from generation to succeeding generations over centuries and tens of thousands of years.

So, for me (and it ought to for you) provoke the questions:

• Was Elijah a real person?
• If a real person, what was the time-period into which he was born?
• Was the story of his being caught up and carried away in "chariots of fire" real or metaphorical?
• Was his disappearance a "real event?"
• If it was a "real event," what was it in "actuality?"
• Was he taken up into a spaceship by extraterrestrials?
• Did he just do a "vanishing act" and remain on Earth?
• Or was it something "inconceivable" to the minds of his day and age and just as "inconceivable" to the minds of this present era?

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