Yeah, I had heard the argument many years ago, and forget the specifics as to why they thunk the two are John and Elijah, but that had something to do with it, but as pointed out, John did die. So who knows.
I had also heard that since it is appointed unto man “once to die” that the ruptured will die on the way to heaven, and be made alive in heaven, all in the twinkling of an eye. Not sure if that is true or not either, but heard it in a message once
Xheesh- spell check strikes again! The RAPTURED, not the RUPTURED lol