Expert: Jim Samoh - 1/4/2005

Question
explain where Jesus says no one went to Heaven save himself because enoch and elijah went to heaven

Answer
In John 3:13 Jesus is refering to the fact that noone had ever ascended to heaven, not even Elijah or Enoch.  The term used in the OT in the story of Elijah does not mean he went directly to heaven, it means he was taken into the sky. Enoch and Elijah, the great saints that they were, were still sinful men and had to wait in Sheol until the time of Christ.  Their reward was that they went to the "paradise" Sheol without dying.  Because of their sins they could not enter heaven without the blood of Christ being shed.  Like all of the other OT saints they had to wait.  After the Crucifiction Jesus went to paradise and took the OT saints to heaven.

Hope that explains it to you, if not feel free to write again.

Marc