Are there any people, besides Christ, who are now in heaven not just in soul, but physically as well? (Nov. '01)
Yes, three. 1. Righteous Enoch, son of Jared and father of Methuselah, who did not die but was bodily taken up into heaven by God (Genesis 5:18-24). 2. The Holy and Glorious Prophet Elias (a. k.a. Elijah) who also did not die but was bodily carried up into heaven by a whirlwind in a chariot of fire (II Kings 2:1- 11); and 3. the Lord's own all-pure Mother, the Most Holy Theotokos, who did die but was resurrected and bodily taken into heaven three days after her death and burial.
