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Matthew 17:
Did God resurrect Moses and Elijah?
I don't think so.
Were Moses and Elijah real?
They were real in the sense that they were real representations of them; i.e., had God actually resurrected them, that would be their real behaviors.
Did they see the physical Moses and Elijah?1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
The whole experience seems to be out of this world.4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son,a with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
They saw the vision with their physical eyes. Physical photons were projected like in a movie or a hologram. They saw physical images of Moses and Elijah and heard physical sound waves from them.9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
Did God resurrect Moses and Elijah?
I don't think so.
Were Moses and Elijah real?
They were real in the sense that they were real representations of them; i.e., had God actually resurrected them, that would be their real behaviors.