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elisha Otis was 50 when he died

He was actually 49 when he passed, 4 months short of being 50.

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"The prophet Elijah did not die but was taken up alive to heaven in a chariot of fire. It is not clear how old he was when this happened."

Actually, a whirlwind carried him away - The chariot just separated him from Elisha!

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Elijah did die when he came a second time. He was killed by his own people. 
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Elijah did die when he came a second time. He was killed by his own people. 
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Jesus said it in Matt. 17:1-13
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Jesus said it in Matt. 17:1-13
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Elijah was John the baptist

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There is no mention in The Bible how old Elijah was when he went to heaven, but from the ages of the three kings that were reigning during his life, you can get an idea. From the time he began his ministry to the time he was carried up into heaven, is about 30 years, and if you add your estimate of his age when he began to preach, you will have an approximate answer to your question.

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This is a most misunderstood passage in Scripture and is incorrectly used to support a tradition of men that we go to heaven/hell/purgatory/limbo upon death - which is not Scriptural.

Throughout the Bible, death is described as a 'sleep' in the grave awaiting Jesus' call for all to come to their Judgement at their Resurrection. If people already received their rewards/punishment, why have a Judgement and a Resurrection? It is because, all await their judgement sleeping in their graves.

Jesus Himself, clearly stated that no one has gone to Heaven except Him. The Apostle Peter was inspired to tell us that King David was still in the grave (Acts 2:29) and he was most loved by God.

John 3:13New International Version (NIV)

13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven-the Son of Man.[a]

When Elijah was taken up into the heaven, the word used here means sky and not the Throne of God (see 2 Kings 2:10-11 after reign of King Ahaziah's death). What so many miss is that in 2 Chronicles 21:12-15, which is seven years after the event in 2 Kings, Elijah writes a letter to the current King Jehoram. So Elijah had to of been alive and on Earth as he was. He, like Enoch before him had simply been 'transported' away via the sky to another location on the Earth.

We all die and go to our graves. We each await our resurrection to our Judgement and hopeful change into Spirit (born again) and become children of Our Father who will come down to live with His new Family on the New Earth (see Revelation 21).

Finally, Paul was inspired to tell us of those who lived in faith looking for the better resurrection as they await in their graves:

Hebrews 11:35New International Version (NIV)

35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

Read Scripture for yourselves and always allow the Bible to interpret itself, reading all verses in their full context.

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Except Jesus said to the thief on the cross “today you will be with me in paradise”…

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He still lives and is over 2800 years old.He is with God,taken up bodily as was Enoch.

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"There were and are no records in the Bible. He was carried away in a chariot of fire sent by God."

Actually, a whirlwind carried him away - The chariot just separated him from Elisha!

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he was a very fit individual I would say he was older than 24 but less than 34

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Elijah came back to life as John the baptist, and prepared the way for Yeshua (Jesus): Emmanuel, Messiah, Christ.

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According to traditional Jewish chronology, he was taken from this world in 717 BCE.

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he never did die

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