It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Eliyahu went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
The sons of the prophets who were at Yericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, *Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from your head today?* He answered, *Yes, I know it. Hold your shalom.*
He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, *Let's flee from the face of Yisra'el, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians!*
You said in your heart, *I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
But those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
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. So we will be with the Lord forever.
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a shofar speaking with me, was one saying, *Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.*