how many people where taken up to heaven without dying(raptured)?

Answer 1

2. Enoch & Elijah

And I believe probably the most obvious would be events that happened in the Old Testament that seem like the Rapture. And, we have some in the Old Testament.
Well not actually what takes place at the Rapture, for then we get brand new bodies, to be like the body of Jesus, I John 3:2-3.
However, there were two men in the Old Testament who were snatched up to meet the Lord in the heavenlies. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Now it was a form of the Rapture, but it wasn’t really the Rapture, because he’s on the other side in his old body. It was not changed as he went up. And then in 2 Kings 2:11, Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven, but he’s still there in his body. All the others are there as spirits, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:8. And James teaches us that, chapter 2:27, as the body went out, the spirit is dead, because that sprit is with the Lord. So it’s a total heaven, full of spirits, even the angels, except these two bodies, and they come back, and they are the two witnesses of Revelation chapter 11. And in verse 12, after they’ve been killed, because the crowds don’t want to hear their preaching, they are caught up into heaven.

Answer 2

Aside from those who will be raptured at the end of times (an unspecified amount-- do not confuse with the 144,000 Jews that are sealed, nor with the great many who persevere through the Antichrist's reign), only three others have been 'raptured' : Enoch, Elijah, and the unnamed friend of Paul.

Answer 3

I do not know the *exact number*, but I know that the 'dead in union with Christ have risen', which means all the prophets of old, and the early Christians, and those chosen ones who have died since the first resurrection have been changed.

There are still many anointed ones on the earth now, serving God, and just before the great tribulation many will also be sealed, Rev. 7:3.

Hebrews 11, Isaiah 65:17-25, Isaiah 32:1, Psalms 37:29..

Luke 13:28b..when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and ALL the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown outside. Matthew 8:11,12

Answer 4

"Enoch and Elijah are two that come to mind immediately"
So, how is it that later in the bible, Elijah sent a note to Elisha? How did he have a note delivered to him? Could it be possible that Elijah was transported to a far away place rather than heaven?
Not all religion goes by the 'rapture' theory.

Answer 5

I believe, based on scripture, that it was only Enoch and Ellijah. Thats what the Word of God tells us. I don't believe in the "secret rapture" because in Revelation 1:7 it tells us:

"Look, he is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen."

Answer 6

Enoch and Elijah only, they went to heaven without seeing death.

but Jesus, Moses and many others went to God after death.

the others are

Mathew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

Answer 7

Enoch and Elijah are two that come to mind immediately.

They weren't raptured, they were TRANSLATED into heaven...

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The rapture hasn't happened yet

Answer 10

SECRET RAPTURE IS NOT IN THE WORD OF GOD

But no matter how intense the persecution, the church will complete her task of proclaiming the gospel to all nations before the end comes. Remember, when persecution set in on the early church, the gospel penetrated new areas and the number of disciples increased. Can we expect anything less in the time of the end? No 'Secret Rapture' Today, the idea of escaping the end-time tribulation by way of a "secret rapture" is popular among evangelicals, but the Bible teaches no such doctrine. Rather, the New Testament shows that truly converted Christians-men and women of deep and abiding faith, who are filled with the Spirit of God, and who hope and yearn for the coming of their Lord-will still be on the earth at the time the "Antichrist" ("man of sin," or "lawless one") appears (see 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12). Make no mistake; the church will be "caught up" to meet Christ as He descends from heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17), but this event takes place some few years after the Antichrist arrives on the scene.
Notice the events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ:
The faithful saints will be given rest from their troubles when Christ appears (1 Thessalonians 1:7).
The wicked-"those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ"-will be destroyed at the same time the faithful saints are given rest (verses 7-9).
The Antichrist, or "lawless one," will be destroyed "with the brightness of His coming" (1 Thessalonians 2:8)-that is, at the same time the above two events occur.
Plainly, the reward of the saints and punishment of the wicked are associated with the same event-"when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven" (1:7), "when He comes, in that Day" (1:10), "with the brightness of His coming" (2:8). This scenario hardly leaves room for a secret, pretribulational rapture.
An honest investigation also reveals that the passage does not envision "left behind" saints, or men and women who are converted after Christ comes secretly for the church. The context is critical here. Paul is speaking to the faithful saints of the Thessalonian church (and, by association, the Church of God in general), not to the unconverted or half-converted. Listen to his description, and see if these sound like the spiritually impotent or unregenerate:
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels" (1 Thessalonians 1:3-7).A people whose faith "grows exceedingly," whose love "abounds" toward others, and who are known for their outstanding "patience and faith" as they endure "persecutions and tribulations" are hardly "lukewarm" Christians who are not really serious about living their faith. Nor are they Christians "in name only."
No, these are real Christians, true followers of Jesus Christ, and Paul did not dissuade them from believing that they would live right into the time of the Antichrist. Why, then, should anyone today think that all true Christians will be snatched out of this world and taken to heaven at the beginning of the tribulation and reign of Antichrist?
Plainly, the idea of the church being snatched away to escape tribulation under the reign of Antichrist was completely foreign to Paul's mind. The Remnant Church In Revelation 12, the devil is unsuccessful in his attempt to destroy Christ when He is born (verses 4,5). He also fails to destroy the "woman" who gave birth to Christ (verses 13,14). Enraged, the devil goes off "to make war with the rest of her [the woman's] offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (verse 17).
Who are the rest (or "remnant"-KJV) of the woman's offspring? Christ was her first offspring; the rest of her offspring must be Christ's brothers and sisters-the Spirit-begotten members of the family of God, which is the Church of the Living God.