Eliyahu
were did he go?
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Also: This study may
not be suitable for non-Jewish readers, as it contains Hebrew
terminologies, although some are translated. However, you may
well find it interesting as there is so much to learn from this
incredible event!
In this study I am taking you back to the days
of the prophet Eliyahu -
The question arises “Was Eliyahu taken up in a chariot to heaven to be with our Heavenly Father, or not?” The Tanakh clearly states that;
“… and Eliyahu went up by a whirlwind
into heaven. And
From just reading this it certainly seems to be so! But, we should really look much closer to what is actually written and no not in English but in Ivrit - Hebrew which we have in the Tanakh!
Indeed on the surface it seems that He plainly
contradicts what Melachim B - 2 Kings 2:11 seems to indicate,
however, we do need to look very much closer at that event, for
there is much more to it than meets the eye, and our minds.
Personally, I am amazed that for centuries all those remarkably
well educated rabbis have gotten it all so very, very wrong, and
have taught us all an error! For the truth is Eliyahu –
What is the Hebrew word for “heaven” and what does it mean, and if he is not with Elohim, then where did Eliyahu actually go? Also, what did it mean with what we were told so long ago?
As Eliyahu and his assistant, who would become
the prophet
“When they had crossed over, that Eliyahu
said to
Obviously we read that
“And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his clothes and rent them in two pieces” verse 12 (JPS)
The truth is that he never thought that his master had gone into the heaven where Elohim was, for what did we Jews do upon a death, we tear our clothes! He assumed that Eliyahu died, but I can tell you that he did not, and this will be proven directly from the Tanakh a little later.
I am sure that you will have heard it, for throughout the centuries countless impassioned stories have been told how he was taken up to heaven and that he is now with Elohim. Let me give you something by a well known Jewish establishment.
“According to the Sages,
To be honest the above is not factual or the
truth, for ask yourself “Can a human being eternal?” No
of course not, only the resurrected from the dead at that time
will change and become new creatures and eternal living with the
Interestingly the most well known commentators
state that he is with Elohim, blessed be He, but *
This great Torah scholar adhered to the literal sense of our blessed Tanakh, and he avoided rabbinic allegory and Kabbalistic interpretations. He exercised an independent criticism that, according to some obvious writers, exhibits a marked tendency toward rationalism. But unlike the rabbis who spend time in working out what a verse means, they are really the ones who do just that. But when one takes what is actually written, and researches the individual Hebrew words used, which is so vital, then the truth of what is really stated will come through!
*Avraham ben
I have heard so many fables, but sadly rabbis
have the habit of gross miss-interpretation, for sometimes it
seems that they may not have ever studied ancient Ivrit - Hebrew.
Due to this event, those from the churches, such as priests,
ministers and pastors blabber about the proverbial “pearly
gates,” and that “great heavenly city”, and those
who have passed away and are now “in heaven and are walking
on streets of gold where there are grand mansions and will be
there for all eternity?” I am very sorry, but I have some
really bad news for them. The truth is that they are wherever
they were placed on their burial day! We as Jews believe in the
resurrection, I certainly do. But why then do we all believe in
the resurrection, if our beloved ones who have passed away are
already there and are already with Elohim, blessed be
His Sanctified Name. Of course that they or Eliyahu are in heaven
is simply absurd as they are not. Thus the question arises; what
really happened to Eliyahu? That is precisely what this study is
all about, and by the end it will become very clear to you!
Did Eliyahu die, and went up to heaven? No he
certainly did not die, or go to be with the Creator. Obviously
We need to consider the following; if it was a
bright and clear day, how long do you think
If he had, let’s say really good eyesight,
he would have been able to see Eliyahu in the blazing and
glittering spectacle of the fiery chariot and horses, for perhaps
as much as 15,000 or 20,000 feet. But, eventually distance would
have seemed to have “swallowed him up,” and he would
have no longer been visible to
Just think of your own experiences, how many times have you had the experience of hearing the muted thunder of an airplane from up high overhead, only to look up into the sky and be unable to see that aircraft? Perhaps you remember an occasion or two when you have been able to see the vapour trail left by the engines of the aircraft, and perhaps could even see it forming, moving across the sky high above, and still the airplane was so high your human eye could simply not quite pick it out.
Yet in spite of your failure, aboard that very
airplane there could be around a hundred or more passengers,
flight attendants serving meals, pushing carts up and down the
aisle, as well as the flight crew in their seats in the cockpit,
an airplane so big that a 6-foot man could stand up in the intake
of just one of its big jet engines, and yet, because it is so
high in the sky, you simply can’t see it! If it was a cloudy
day when Eliyahu was “taken up into heaven,” then
The truth is Eliyahu was taken up into the air,
and let us therefore look at the word for “heaven”
which in Hebrew is 
- “shamayim”,
which comes from a root word meaning “to be lofty.”
The word also means “the sky” (as “aloft”)
and alludes to the visible arch in which the clouds move.
Thus, the word simply means “AIR” but it is also
translated in the Scriptures as “heaven”. One or
two outstanding examples of the interchangeable usage of this one
word should suffice.
Notice! “And the windows of heaven were opened ...” (Bereshis - Genesis 7:11). “The windows of heaven were stopped…” - “The rain from heaven was restrained.” (Bereshis - Genesis 8:2). “…Whose top may reach unto heaven.” (Bereshis - Genesis 11:4).
These are only three examples of literally
dozens throughout the Tanakh where the word “heaven” is
obviously referring to this earth’s immediate atmosphere. In
the first few quotations, reference is made to the flood of 
-
“Mayim” means "water", as the
Torah states that “Elohim divided 
-
(HaMayim) the water from the water”. Let us
look at Bereshis - Genesis 1:6.
“And Elohim said; ‘Let there be a 
) waters, and let it divide ()
the waters from the waters’. And Elohim made () the firmament,
and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament” Bereshis - Genesis
1:6-7 (JPS).
The scripture from Bereshis - Genesis 11 deals
with the famed “
Now, notice how the identical word (shameh) is used for the word “air.”
“The fowl of (
= HaShamayim) the air”
Bereshis - Genesis 1:26, 28.
“And every fowl of the air” Bereshis - Genesis 2:19.
“…Gave names ... to the fowl of the air…” Bereshis - Genesis 2:20.
“…Winged fowl that flyeth in the air…” Devarim - Deuteronomy 4:17.
“The birds of the air to
rest on them…” 2 Shmuel – 2
“The way of an eagle in the air…”
In each of these, as well in a further 21
separate examples in the Tanakh, the identical Hebrew word that
is also translated as “heaven” which is also
rendered as “air.” The Hebrew word for “the
air” is “HaShamayim” - , “Ha” = “the”
and “Mayim” is “air”.
Thus, what I am actually telling you is really not too difficult for one who is genuinely supposed to be a “Torah - Tanakh scholar, and a Theologian,” for it were these rabbis who were the ones that were supposed to have translated our blessed Torah - Tanakh. But the question begs, was their Scriptural Hebrew really good enough to do the job, and to base their theology on it? Sadly the answer is NO! Because at a much later date, skilled translators of the Tanakh came to know that when the Word was referring to the “firmament” above the earth in which birds fly, it obviously is “the air,” and not the “heaven of Elohim’s throne”, blessed be He. But they for their own reason they never changed their erroneous teachings, and thus the error of Eliyahu having gone to heaven and residing eternally with Elohim persisted. This kind of teaching, sadly originated from the days when pagan’s believed in an eternal life in a heaven with their gods.
But there is something more regarding the “heaven” and I will cover this with two explanations.
1. Rabbinic belief is they said is stated in the “Oral Torah” (the Mishnah) that there are “seven heavens.” These rabbis of old believed that “there can be no real existence for the Written Law without the Oral.” Why then did Elohim, give Moshe 613 Mitzvot, and they in their Oral law added thousands more, many which are so ridiculous, and there are even a number of pages that is based on what you can and cannot do in the, well the smallest room in the house!
However the truth is that in reality the “Tanakh”,
which in reality is the only genuine Book that containes the
Words that Elohim gave his servants, the prophets, etc, that
completely disputes what these rabbis have made up. The Talmud as
we know it is a work entirely by rabbis of the 2nd century
“You shall not add to the word which I
command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the
commandments of your Elohim which I command you.” Devarim
- Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS version of the Tanakh).
2. The Tanakh only speaks regarding Three Heavens and these are the atmosphere surrounding the Earth which is called heaven, the universe also called heaven, and the Heaven where Elohim dwells, blessed be He.
I will return to the Heaven question and re the
location of Elohim’s throne, blessed be His
Sanctified Name! I will cover that shortly.
Thus what
Thus be assured, regardless what we have been
told us, Eliyahu did NOT go to heaven and is residing with
Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name!
We may well ask; if so, what did happen to Eliyahu and where did he go?”
I pray that the above has not come as too much
of a shock to you. I know for sure, what this study contains only
came to me when I had a sort of a revelation as I was reading
Remember what - “HaMayim”
means the water and raki’a means, a firmament,
an expanse. That was certainly not the place where Elohim
resides, although he is Omnipresent and is everywhere.
Devarim - Deuteronomy 6:4 provides us with the
blessed “ Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name, and believe that Elohim alone
must be worshipped. We should all know that the nature of Elohim
is omnipresent, for He is present everywhere. Whilst the
omnipotent Elohim, blessed be He, is all-powerful and is able to
do all things that are consistent with His Nature. And He lives
in what is known as the seventh heaven.
The rabbis “seventh heaven”, in Hebrew is known as “Aravoth” as they have decided that it is the holiest of the seven heavens as it houses the Throne of Elohim thus being the realm in which Elohim, blessed be He, dwells and it is the highest of all the Heavens.
But obviously this is completely untrue, we
know as the lower atmosphere which is known as Shamayim, and below is a diagram of it as
it only goes 30 km high, and this is where Eliyahu went when he
was taken in that chariot!
The problem with mans retranslating things from our precious Tanakh is that they do not use one vital tool and that is something we must do: This is what I wrote many years ago, when I first became a rabbi;
We should realise that words can make a meaning quite different to what may be first assumed, even though the word may seem to say the same thing, but sadly, translators in reality had often little to no understanding of some of the true Hebrew inner thoughts and meanings of the Word. Therefore it is vital that we use and understand the three vital points below.
1. Who was 
2. When was it said?
3. How was His Word understood at the time it was spoken and given?
By not understanding a most important principle, based on the above, is the very reason that certain translators and over zealous rabbis of old, who would argue with each other at the Yeshiva, or at Shul (Synagogue) missed some the beauty, the treasures of the Tanakh, and thus losing the full understanding of some words.
The truth is that Eliyahu was moved out and
away of Yisroel and placed in Yehudah -
Below, I will provide you with a transcript
from Eliyahu’s letter from Divre Hayyamim B - 2 Chronicles
chapter 21, direct from the “Jewish Publication
Society” version of the Tanakh, and we will discover that
the result of this evil king’s life would be a horrid death,
similar but different to that of Israel’s evil king Ahab -
Achav.
Thus Eliyahu the prophet sent Yehoram a letter which read;
“And there came a writing to him (king
Yehoram) from Eliyahu the prophet, saying: ‘Thus saith , the
Elohim of Dovid thy father: Because thou hast not walked in
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king
of Yehudah, but hast walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, and hast made Yehudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim
to go astray, like as the house of Achav made (Yisroel) to go
astray; and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s
house, who were better than thyself; behold, will
smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy
wives, and all thy substance; and thou shalt have great
sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by
reason of the sickness, day by day.’
And stirred up against Jehoram
the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are
beside the Ethiopians; and they came up against Yehudah, and
broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found
in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that
there was never a son left to him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of
his sons.
And after all this smote him in his
bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that
in process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out
by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his
people made no burning for him, like the burning for his
fathers. Thirty and two years old was he when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed
joyless; and they buried him in the city of Dovid, but not in the
sepulchres of the kings” Divre Hayyamim B - 2 Chronicles
21:12-20 (Jewish Publication Society version of the Tanakh).
In “Shamayim”.
Verse 12 of chapter 21 tells that a letter was written by the
prophet Eliyahu to king Yehoram and this will cast doubt as to
the actual whereabouts of Eliyahu, thus Yehoram received the
letter from Eliyahu, therefore it is obvious that Eliyahu could
not have been in heaven with the Creator as has been alleged!
We certainly can be sure, for let us look at
the dates of these two kings reign:
Thus, I trust that it has become clear that
Eliyahu was still alive and well, after he was taken up in a
whirlwind in that fiery chariot, which the Almighty indeed did by
His blessed and mighty hand, for removed him and allowed
Elisha a “double portion” in order for him to continue
the work that Eliyahu had commenced, but for reasons of His own
Elohim, blessed be He, took Eliyahu His faithful servant to
another place, to live in a safe place! Only Elohim,
praise His wonderful and Sanctified Name!
There is so much confusion when it comes to this subject, for there are those who claim; 1. There are those who will tell you that “souls will not go to heaven”. Whilst, 2. the popular belief is that “It is not the person who goes to heaven, only the soul of that person goes!” Hang on a minute, “the soul?” Show me in the Tanakh about the soul, just think of what we are given upon birth, and that is taken at the end, think about this carefully and you will realise that it is “breath” which in Hebrew is “Ruach”, the same word as “spirit”. That is the gift we are given at birth and it returns to Him who gave it to us at the end! Thus it is our “Ruach” that goes to heaven and remains with Elohim until our resurrection!
When looking up definitions re the word
“soul”, in the Tanakh never does the word
“soul” mean anything that is extra physical; spiritual
or even immortal.
“Then Elohim formed man
(Heb. man = “
In a sense, eternal life is something we are born with for at birth we were filled with Ruach (spirit and breadth). Thus we received our breadth and at the end of life it returns to Elohim, blessed be He.
But the Word of Elohim also clearly states, that the wages of sin will KILL you! It says the penalty for breaking Elohim’s Ten Commandments is death! It says that, on the other hand, the gift of Elohim, blessed be He, for the faithful is the opposite of death and that is eternal life at the time of the resurrection!
The Word insists that Elohim, blessed be
His Sanctified Name, alone has immortality and that we can
ultimately receive this as a gift, which comes through our
sincere repentance and working hard not to do those things that
are wrong!
Thus you do not and cannot have an “immortal soul,” for 1. There is no such a thing. 2. We are all born as physical, breathing and mortal human beings and we are all subject to death. When we die we go to the grave, and we are completely oblivious, unconscious, of the passage of time, and as our bodies go, our “Ruach - breath” awaits our resurrection!
As we now know Eliyahu was taken up and out of
sight from
I am sure that parts of this study may have
shocked you somewhat, however, there is more proof from our
beloved Tanakh and it should change some of our old ideas, as the
teachings in the past would, or may have been very different! But
remember this, those same rabbis also gave us a man-made law,
which they call the “Oral-Law” which is NOT from Elohim,
blessed be His Sanctified Name. These rabbis over a certain time
added thousands of new laws, whilst the truth is we were given
613 Mitzvot in the Torah by our Elohim, blessed be He.
What did our Elohim so clearly tell us regarding meddling with the Torah, the Law? I will repeat what I wrote earlier …
“You shall not add to the word which I
command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the
commandments of your Elohim which I command you.” Devarim
- Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS version of the Tanakh).
“Be careful to obey the Torah My servant Moshe gave you. Do not turn from it, not to the right or to the left. Only My Word stands forever.” Devarim - Deuteronomy 5:32. (JPS).
“If thou shalt hearken to the Voice of thy
Elohim, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are
written in this Book of the law; if thou turn unto thy
Elohim with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. For
this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too
hard for thee, neither is it far off” Devarim -
Deuteronomy 30:10-11 (JPS).
Beloved, you must reject the false teachings that have gone on for far too long, and get back to the wonderful Word of Truth, Do not trust man, no not even what I have told you, but trust what Our Elohim, blessed be He, is saying to you, and if He has blessed you with His discernment, then you will know what is true and good! Then remember to go and read all of the Tanakh, for it contains the words that our Elohim gave His chosen servants, if what man teaches you something and it does not line up with our Tanakh then you must disregard the words and teachings of men, even the rabbis and believe in Elohim’s Words!
I pray that you will have the desire to seek out the truth that can only be found in the beloved Torah and the whole of our blessed Tanakh!
May the Shalom (Peace) of Elohim fill you, your
family and your home!
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