2 Kings 2

"Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." v.11

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Elijah is one of the only people in heaven right now.  Ok keep reading because I know for some that can be a shocking, disagreeable statements. We know Jesus is there with His angles, but Elijah and Enoch (Genesis 5:24) are the only two in scripture that we know didn't face death.  They were both taken up into heaven where everyone else has returned to the dust and in wait of the resurrection into the Kingdom of God.  What do you think he's been doing all this time?  There's a whole lot more that can be said on this topic and I challenge you to seek it out than just agreeing or disagreeing.  
Let's still look at this moment of Elijah and Elisha.  How crazy and scary would it have been to all of the sudden appear a chariot of fire and horses of fire!  I don't even know if I can picture that, were the horses and chariot on fire or just that it was fire in the shape of them?  Notice it wasn't the chariot that Elijah went up in though but a whirlwind.  I wonder if he was afraid?  He knew he was going to be taken as we see in the first part of the chapter but still to leave this life can be a hard thing when it becomes a reality.  Why do you think Elijah was given this opportunity to not face death?