>So are you saying that Jesus deliberately put a vision into their
>heads. For what purpose? What do you think was the point of this
>episode? Jesus had to have been hallucinating, too, since he refers to
>the indident like he was really there.

All visions are put in the heads or in sight of those the vision was
given to.The point of "this episode"?

During Jesus' transfiguration, Moses and Elijah also appeared "with
glory." (Lu 9:30, 31; Mt 17:3; Mr 9:4) It had been foretold that God
would raise up a prophet like Moses, and that promise was fulfilled in
Christ. (De 18:15-19; Ac 3:19-23) There were many similarities between
Moses and Jesus, such as: Babes were killed at their births, though
they themselves were spared (Ex 1:20-2:10; Mt 2:7-23); they both
experienced fasts of 40 days' duration (Ex 24:18; 34:28; De 9:18, 25;
Mt 4:1, 2); both were raised up by God in the interests of true worship
and to effect deliverance (Ex 3:1-10; Ac 7:30-37; 3:19-23); they were
each privileged by God to mediate a covenant with his people (Ex
24:3-8; Heb 8:3-6; 9:15); both were used by God to magnify his name (Ex
9:13-16; Joh 12:28-30; 17:5, 6, 25, 26).

It was also foretold that God would send Elijah the prophet, among
whose works was that of turning persons of Israel to true repentance.
While Jesus was on earth, John the Baptizer did a work of that kind and
served as the Messiah's forerunner, fulfilling Malachi 4:5, 6. (Mt
11:11-15; Lu 1:11-17) But, since the transfiguration occurred after the
death of John the Baptizer, Elijah's appearance in it indicates that
a work of restoration of true worship and vindication of YHWH's name
would be associated with the establishment of God's Kingdom in the
hands of Christ.

During the transfiguration, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah talked about
Christ's "departure [a form of the Greek word e´xo·dos] that he
was destined to fulfill at Jerusalem." (Lu 9:31) This e´xo·dos,
exodus or departure, evidently involved both Christ's death and his
subsequent resurrection to spirit life.

>Leaving that aside, we already know that
>Elijah was in heaven with God,

no he wasn't.

Elijah does not die when he is "taken up", nor does he go into the
invisible spirit realm, but he is transferred to another prophetic
assignment. (Joh 3:13) This is shown by the fact that Elisha does not
hold any period of mourning for his master. A number of years after his
ascension in the windstorm Elijah is still alive and active as a
prophet, this time to the king of Judah. Because of the wicked course
taken by King Jehoram of Judah, Elijah writes him a letter expressing
YHWH's condemnation, which is fulfilled shortly thereafter.-2Ch
21:12-15;


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