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Originally Posted by Witty Username
It's a good thing that the bible wasn't written by Enoch. According to the book of Hebrews 11 v5 he is still alive:
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
http://biblehub.com/hebrews/11-5.htm
Hmmmm, now there's an idea for a 'nom de plume'...  |
Not exactly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_...cal_literature
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According to Rashi[3] [from Genesis Rabba[4]], “Enoch was a righteous man, but he could easily be swayed to return to do evil. Therefore, the Holy One, blessed be He, hastened and took him away and caused him to die before his time. For this reason, Scripture changed [the wording] in [the account of] his demise and wrote, ‘and he was no longer’ in the world to complete his years.”
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Similarly by
Serach Bas Asher who told Jacob that Joseph was still alive, and merited to "live forever and never die." She was still around when the Jews left Egypt (she told Moses where to find Joseph's bones, to bring to Israel for burial) and apparently hung around for another few hundred years during which she may or may not have done a number of things, depending who you hold by...
Both were allowed to go to Heaven without passing through the intermediate stage of dying; that is not the same thing as still being alive, at least in this context. It is questionable how exactly this is to be understood.
Elisha, on the other hand, also never died but in his case, according to Scripture, he intercedes in all kinds of ways throughout Jewish history, and travels to and from Heaven often enough that they probably had to install a revolving door.
But I don't think he would bother himself with anything as petty and earthly as this.
