The book of Hebrews is a straightforward accounting of the meaning of the appearance of the Son of God in the context of the Jewish experience.  The term Hebrew is first applied to Abraham (Genesis 14:13) so there is no question who are the fathers (ancestors) and prophets referred to in the first two verses of the book.  Although the writer systematically dismantles all of the traditional and thoughtful Israelite refuges, showing them to be inferior to the revelation of God’s Son, there is still to this day an attempt to use fables to justify the retention of the prophetic and patriarchal traditions.  If people are willing to ignore the evidence in chapter 11, where we have two verses that summarize all of the faithful people twice, in verses 13 and 39, then people are willingly ignorant, and deserve to be seen as visionaries scrambling out of the ditches.

The rest and security in which we stand

It is by design that the first myth blown to bits is the seventh day sabbath.  The writer does not use a one-liner to demolish the fantasy of rest and holy time as he does with”we have Christ for high priest”, or God said to or of the Son “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.” (Hebrews 1:8, NASB)

There were no people who entered into the promises of God

There are rapture stories, translation stories, and assumption legends, all aimed at undermining the primary agenda of the Son of God.  Peter was aware of cleverly designed fables that might compete for a seat of authority in the minds of the people. God bypassed the voices of prophets and patriarchs in order to corroborate the Lord Yeshua as the foundation of grace, mercy and peace.

17) For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”– 18) and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.”

2 Peter 1:17-18, NASB

The assumption of Moses is one such elaborate fable, one picked up by followers of the Way, and folded in a vignette reported by Jude about a dispute between Michael and the Devil over the body of Moses.  The book of Hebrews however, being the ace of myth poppers, tells a different story.  No one is going ahead of the rest of the people into glory.

The translation myth: the die and go to heaven agenda

The first man the Bible describes as aynennu is a fairly youthful male, Enoch.  His very simple epitaph says that:  He walked with God and WAS NOT. The text does not say he “was not found“.  No search is recorded of Enoch’s experience, as in the case of Elijah, of whom we read, “But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him.” (2 Kings 2:17, NASB)

Next was Joseph, who, though not dead, was actually reported to be dead (Genesis 37:31-35) and Jacob considered his favourite son to be dead.

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more (aynennu), and Simeon is no more (aynennu), and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”

Genesis 42:36, NASB

All into glory at the same time

No one is moving ahead of the crowd to have a special place in the grand entrance into the city that has foundations, such as the one Abraham sought.

39) And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40) because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:39-40, NASB

In addition, to this clear agenda, the scripture clearly says all of the heroes of faith died.  Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah are the ones who died in faith without receiving the promised inheritance.

“All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.” (Hebrews 11:13, NASB)

“Dying and going to heaven” is alive and well in strange places.

Then he goes on to list a host of other people who also acted faithfully, that is, they pleased God, without entering into glory.  Why then should we risk believing that several people have entered into glory before the end of the age?  It is to establish a fable as true.  The story of Moses’ Resurrection or Assumption is entirely fictitious.  It, along with other cleverly designed fables, makes its contribution to peer pressure aimed at showing Yeshua of Nazareth to be less than “…Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6, NASB).