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Offline vic108  
#1 Posted : Monday, August 27, 2012 6:41:25 PM(UTC)
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Another incredible Scriptural mystery (besides Melchizedek) is the story of Elijah's ascent to Heaven in a chariot of fire.

In my limited knowledge, this description of what happened to Elijah is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture.

What really happened? Why did this happen to just Elijah?

I would really like to hear your impressions of this...



here's a page that mentions other places in Scripture where "Chariots of Fire" are mentioned but i can not vouch for this site:

http://www.totheends.com/chariot.html
"May your wisdom equal your zeal and your courage atone for your ignorance."
Offline vic108  
#2 Posted : Monday, August 27, 2012 8:05:28 PM(UTC)
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from wiki:

According to the Books of Kings, Elijah defended the worship of Yahweh over that of the Phoenician god Baal; he raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and was taken up in a whirlwind (either accompanied by a chariot and horses of flame or riding in it).[4] In the Book of Malachi, Elijah's return is prophesied "before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord,"[5] making him a harbinger of the Messiah and the eschaton in various faiths that revere the Hebrew Bible....

...In Judaism, Elijah's name is invoked at the weekly Havdalah ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, and Elijah is invoked in other Jewish customs, among them the Passover seder and the Brit milah (ritual circumcision). He appears in numerous stories and references in the Haggadah and rabbinic literature, including the Babylonian Talmud...

...In Christianity, the New Testament describes how both Jesus and John the Baptist are compared with Elijah, and on some occasions, thought by some to be manifestations of Elijah, and Elijah appears with Moses during the Transfiguration of Jesus....

"May your wisdom equal your zeal and your courage atone for your ignorance."
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