People can go somewhere with their spirit while absent in their body

Summary:

In the Bible, there are accounts in which people are going somewhere with their spirit while being absent in their body, that is, their body are not where their spirit goes. 

In many spiritual traditions, this is sometimes called:

- Out of body experience.

- Spirit travel.

- Spirit translation.

Etc.

You can find below examples in the Bible of people experiencing that:

One can be brought somewhere in a vision:

Ezekiel 8:

It is written: "(the) Spirit lifted me up between the earth and between the sky, and BROUGHT ME TO JERUSALEM IN A VISION OF GOD, to the porches of the gate of the inside, the one looking to (the) north, where was the pillar of the One acquiring. And behold, (the) glory of the LORD God of Israel was there, according to THE VISION WHICH I SAW in the plain" (Ezekiel 8:3-4).

Ezekiel 11:

It is written: "(the) Spirit took me up, and BROUGHT ME INTO (THE) LAND (of the) CHALDEANS, to the captivity, IN A VISION BY (THE) SPIRIT (OF) GOD; and I went up from THE VISION WHICH I SAW. And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the LORD which He showed to me" (Ezekiel 11:24-25).

Ezekiel 40:

It is written: "(the) hand of the LORD came upon me, and BROUGHT ME IN A VISION OF GOD INTO THE LAND (OF) ISRAEL, and put me upon a very high mountain, and upon it as a building of a city before (me)" (Ezekiel 40:1-2).

One can be carried away somewhere by an angel:

Revelation 17:

It is written: "ONE of the seven ANGELS" (Revelation 17:1), "HE-CARRIED ME AWAY IN (THE) SPIRIT TO (A) WILDERNESS" (Revelation 17:3).

Revelation 21:

It is written: "ONE of the seven ANGELS" (Revelation 21:9), "HE-CARRIED ME AWAY IN (THE) SPIRIT TO (A) GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN" (Revelation 21:10).

One can go in the air:

Ezekiel 3:

It is written: "the Spirit lifted me up, and took me up, and I was walked in (the) impulse of my spirit; and (the) hand of the LORD came mighty upon me. Then I WENT IN (THE) AIR TO THE CAPTIVITY, and went around to the ones dwelling by the river of Chebar" (Ezekiel 3:14-15).

One can go in heaven:

Revelation 4:

It is written: "I-saw, and behold, (THERE WAS AN) OPENED DOOR IN HEAVEN, and the first voice which I-heard speaking with me like (the sound of a) trumpet saying, “GO-UP HERE and I-will-show you (the things) which must take-place after these (things)”. IMMEDIATELY I-WAS IN (THE) SPIRIT. And behold, (a) throne was-setting (there) IN HEAVEN" (Revelation 4:1-2).

One can go in the third heaven into paradise:

2 Corinthians 12:

Paul wrote: "I-know (a) man in Christ, fourteen years ago, WHETHER IN (THE) BODY, I-DO NOT KNOW, OR OUTSIDE (OF) THE BODY, I-do not know. God knows, (that) SUCH (A ONE WAS) SNATCHED-AWAY TO (THE) THIRD HEAVEN. And I-know such (a) man; WHETHER IN (THE) BODY OR APART-FROM THE BODY, I-do not know. God knows that HE-WAS-SNATCHED-AWAY INTO PARADISE" (2 Corinthians 12:2-4).

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