Bible question?

Question

When Jesus was on the mountain with Moses, was Moses in his resurrected body?

Answer 1

Interesting question. Here are my thoughts.

There have been a few people in the Bible whose body has not been corrupted by decay. Elijah is one, who was taken up in a whirlwind by God. Another is Enoch, but also Moses. Yes, Moses died and was buried, but it says that God buried him. (Deut 34:6) And God did it in such a way that the devil (who was cursed to eat dust) disputed over the body of Moses. Probably because he could not corrupt it. (Jude 1:9)

So there seems to be hints that Moses does not have his resurrected body yet, but that both he and Elijah will be needing it in Revelation as the "two witnesses". It will be there that they will be killed, but this time, the devil will let them decompose in the streets of Jerusalem. (Rev. 11)

I will not be dogmatic about this, but there does seem to be hints in scripture regarding this.

Answer 2

Not necessarily. There are many times Jesus appeared in the Old Testament, but not in the flesh, as he did after Mary. It wouldn't make sense either, that Moses would arise before Jesus's sacrifice, for Moses was not sinless.

Answer 3

No. Moses had died as was in his grave. What was seen was a vision of a future event(Jesus in Kingdom power and heavenly glory). Jesus had said that some of his disciples would see him coming in his kingdom before they died. Peter, James and John were given that privilege at the transfiguration.(Matthew 16:28; 2 Peter 1:16-18)

Answer 4

Luke 9:28-31

28)About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
29)As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
30)Two men, Moses and Elijah,
31)appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.

What we get from this passage is that they were in glorious splender....glorious means brilliantly beautiful or magnificent
splendor is: great luster or brightness

Answer 5

I assume you are talking about the mount of transfiguration where Moses appeared to Christ. ....Moses did not die. He still had his body and was transfigured so he still had it when he met with Christ. This was necessary because Moses had to transfer certain keys of the priesthood to Christ.

from Josephus,, Antiquities of the Jews
Book IV
48. When Moses had spoken thus at the end of his life, and had foretold what would befall to every one of their tribes (36) afterward, with the addition of a blessing to them, the multitude fell into tears, insomuch that even the women, by beating their breasts, made manifest the deep concern they had when he was about to die. The children also lamented still more, as not able to contain their grief; and thereby declared, that even at their age they were sensible of his virtue and mighty deeds; and truly there seemed to be a strife betwixt the young and the old who should most grieve for him. The old grieved because they knew what a careful protector they were to be deprived of, and so lamented their future state; but the young grieved, not only for that, but also because it so happened that they were to be left by him before they had well tasted of his virtue. Now one may make a guess at the excess of this sorrow and lamentation of the multitude, from what happened to the legislator himself; for although he was always persuaded that he ought not to be cast down at the approach of death, since the undergoing it was agreeable to the will of God and the law of nature, yet what the people did so overbore him, that he wept himself. Now as he went thence to the place where he was to vanish out of their sight, they all followed after him weeping; but Moses beckoned with his hand to those that were remote from him, and bade them stay behind in quiet, while he exhorted those that were near to him that they would not render his departure so lamentable. Whereupon they thought they ought to grant him that favor, to let him depart according as he himself desired; so they restrained themselves, though weeping still towards one another. All those who accompanied him were the senate, and Eleazar the high priest, and Joshua their commander. Now as soon as they were come to the mountain called Abarim, (which is a very high mountain, situate over against Jericho, and one that affords, to such as are upon it, a prospect of the greatest part of the excellent land of Canaan,) he dismissed the senate; and as he was going to embrace Eleazar and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the holy books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God.

Answer 6

Jesus wasn't actually talking to Moses - What Peter saw was the covenant.

Answer 7

The best we can say is: "We don't know"

The glory of Moses was a reflection of God's glory. Jesus is the glory of God (Hebrews 1:3), hidden in the incarnation, but manifested in visible form on Mount Tabor in the presence of Peter, James, and John, his disciples. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit we can see the glory of God. In heaven we will see God face to face and behold his beauty.

It is, as the Eastern Orthodox theologians say: a "mysterion".

Answer 8

We believe so - and it's "transfigured" body - only Christ was resurrected. Moses was not. katiefish <><

Answer 9

Nope

Answer 10

Spirit.