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Second Kings chapter 2, verse 11. And as they still went on and talked behold chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them and

Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven i love this verse verse. Just imagine. So put yourself in

Elijah's shoes. You're walking beside Elijah. And you both know that at any moment, God

has said he's going to bring Elijah home. And all of a sudden, in the middle of conversation,

chariots of fire and horses of fire come down in between the two of you. Just picture that in your mind. Chariots of fire,

fire chariots and horses of fire, fire horses. And they immediately pick Elijah up and take him up into heaven by a whirlwind.

Is that not an incredible scene? Just imagine that. You're talking with somebody and in an instant,

chariots of fire and horses of fire, pick this person you're talking with up and take him away.

And I read this verse in my mind immediately

goes to first sessalonians chapter four when verse 16 says one day the lord himself will descend from

heaven with a cry of command with the voice of an archangel, with the sound of the trumpet

of God, and the dead and Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be

caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and we will always be with

the Lord. In other words, one day, this is going to happen. Not chariots of fire

and horses of fire, but one day, and it could be today. Think about one brother and our church family,

who's now with the Lord, but he always said, Tom, whenever I saw him, he would always say, and he was

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