So those in heaven with Christ, are they Dead?
There really aren't many, are there? There are few in Scripture who have been "caught up into Heaven", and we don't see any of those of whom the Roman Catholic cult names as saints are not listed among them. They are "dead in Christ" if they were/are believers!
1 Thessalonians 4: 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
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So what do the scriptures say about going to heaven? Who has gone to heaven? I found these examples:
Elijah
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. ( 2 Kings 2:11)
Jesus
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. (Mk. 16:19)
John
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this. (Rev. 4:1)
That's three people. Who else went to heaven? No one!
These are the only examples of anyone going to heaven in the entireBible. Since I'm reluctant to take the accounts of Elijah and John literally, that leaves only Jesus who went to heaven. And did you notice that none of these three were dead?
So if I change the question to how many people died and went to heaven in the Bible, the answer would be zero!