Bruce,

This may have already come up in earlier letters which I missed reading, however, I figured why not put it here now, in case it wasn't.

Moses died and had been buried by the LORD:

Deuteronomy 34:1 ¶ And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

 5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

Elijah did not die, and his body was taken up to heaven:

II Kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Yet, when they both appeared with the LORD Jesus on the mount of transfiguration, Peter said:

Matthew 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Peter wanted to make three tabernacles, because the three men, Jesus, Elijah, and Moses had bodies. A ghost would not have required a body, so clearly it was not simply the spirit of Moses, but Moses with a body. Therefore Moses had been resurrected at that point. When it was over, only Jesus remained, so presumably while the bright cloud overshadowed them, Moses and Elijah were brought to heaven, in their bodies.

The two types are shown here: "resurrected saints" and "raptured saints". Not only does it picture the blessed hope, but it shows Elijah changing location multiple times, it shows two witnesses of Jesus - one witness representing the Law - Moses - and the other witness representing the prophets - Elijah. The two witnesses were required for the following:

Deuteronomy 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

The law and the prophets witness that all we have gone astray and are worthy of death, but our kinsman redeemer took our place.

In a similar and more powerful way, no one will be put to death without satisfying the requirements of the witnesses, since:

I John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

The LORD himself satisfies the witness requirement.

Gino