Was Moses and Elijah in heaven before Jesus died on the cross?

[edjlopez23]

I think they were in heaven because they appeared in the transfiguration conversing to Jesus. Does anyone else know?

 

[Cruciferi]

Where Is Heaven? Not a Place? Philosophy

What Fr. Ryland is suggesting flies in the face of credible sources. His opinion doesn’t equal fact. Ecclesiasticus 44:16 (Douay-Rheims) Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations. Malachi 4:5 See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. St. Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, Liber 4, Cap. 30 The disciples of the Apostles say that they (Enoch and Elijah) whose living bodies were taken up fro…

Elijah is alive and Moses is dead.

Harrowing of Hell - Wikipedia

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Moses would have been awaiting Christ opening the gates of Heaven.

 

[Dan_Defender]

The transfiguration was meant to show the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets in Jesus Christ. God likely brought them in spirit from Abraham’s bosom not Heaven. The gates of Heaven had not been opened yet.