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To: Dr. Sivana

It’s a conclusion drawn on verse, not an actual fact.

The conclusion is
Enoch and Elijah.

Because neither died.

The verse in view is “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Heb 9:27

Now for the Spoiler (mine)...Ok, so if Heb 9:27 is telling us the 2 witnesses must have never died before and assuming the 2 witnesses are OT, then ergo it must be Enoch and Elijah.... and bob’s your uncle!

Except, what do you do with the NT people who were raised from the dead? (Chiefly Lazarus, Tabitha, Dorcus, etc). Well, those people died again (they are not here today right?) So out goes the supposition that Heb 9:27 is a RULE of God, rather it is talking about the general nature of man.

This is a prime example of how going PAST what scripture says actually can set you up for a big fall.

The real answer is less satisfying.....No person (other than God and perhaps his angels) know.


12 posted on 10/18/2023 11:28:56 AM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: BereanBrain

Of course the Rapture generation of believers will not die. Many say that the Gentile Enoch foreshadows them.


15 posted on 10/18/2023 11:59:08 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: BereanBrain

Yup...it still could be a drunk and drug addict that get saved and then God “raises them up in power and spirit” to be his witnesses.
A Black and and a Hispanic? Why not!?

Yes it will probably be Elijah and or Moses or Enoch...
but who knows!


20 posted on 10/18/2023 1:13:12 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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