Can God translate a person from one place to another?

Answer 1

A scriptural answer: YES - Enoch was translated that he should not see death Hebrews 11:5; Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven 2 Kings 2:11 and Moses appeared Matthew 17:3

Answer

Yes, He can and has.

Acts 8:39, 40 - Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. [NKJV]

ANOTHER ANSWER:

The word "translated" is used in the "New Testament" of the King James Version 3 times; where, in the Literal Bible, the inspired word is "transported" [methistemi {meth-is'-tay-mee}]; which means: "...to transfer... carry away... depose... exchange, seduce:KJV-- put out, remove, translate, turn away." (Strong's Definitions)

Two of the three "New Testament" usages of "translated" is in reference to Enoch of Old Testament fame. With a fourth reference to it for Enoch in the same New Testament passage using the word "translation" [Heb.11:5]:

"By Faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God."

In the first use of "translated" in the New Testament, Paul tells the Colossians: "Giving thanks unto the Father... who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us[transported; LIT Literal Bible] into the Kingdom of His Dear Son: in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins..." (Col.1:12-14 KJV)

This "translation" of God's people in the New Testament [and also in reference to Enoch of the Old] obviously reveals that God has "transported" [removed, carried away, transferred, etc.] His people from one place to another "throughout history!"

The Old Testament Hebrew version of Enoch's account says: "...and Enoch walked with God: and he WAS NOT; for God TOOK HIM." (Gen.5:24 KJV)

Same verse; NLT New Living Translation: "He enjoyed a close relationship with God throughout his life. Then suddenly, HE DISAPPEARED because God TOOK HIM."

Has anyone other than Enoch "disappeared" in the Bible, because "God took them?" Sure. There was Elijah, for one. And there was also Moses!

"So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab [Iraq], according to the Word of the LORD. And He[God] buried him in a valley in the land of Moab... but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." (Deut.34:5-6 KJV)

And just like the "transporting" [translation] of Enoch and Elijah and Moses... Paul reveals that those whose Faith is in the LORD Jesus Christ are also "transported into the coming Kingdom of God! " [see Col.1:12-14 again]

Hebrews 11 tells us that "Enoch should not see death." And that's exactly what Christ promises ALL of His servants who manage to overcome the sins of this life through Him:

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the [Holy] Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the Second Death." (Rev.2:11 KJV)

Most modern professing Christians don't know that Jesus saves His servants from the SECOND DEATH... not the first death, that's "appointed to us all!"

"And as it is APPOINTED unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the Judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the Second Time without sin unto Salvation." (Heb.9:27-28 KJV)

Most modern professing Christians don't know about Judgment Day, the Last Great Day of God's plan of Salvation for mankind. Because most religious people [regardless of their religion] don't believe that anyone dies! They believe that people "live on in some other form... and/or place"... and that they are "immediately judged and sentenced to some kind of blissful environment, or place of eternal, living, torturous damnation."

It's a false belief that negates the Bible's teaching of the "Last Great Day" - Judgment Day; when a resurrection of the dead to Judgment for their life's works will commence.

But Jesus tells us that the Second Death w.ill occur in the Judgment!

"THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE." (Rev.20:14-15 KJV)

This is the "death" that Enoch will not see [nor will any of the other Faithful servants of God throughout history who have "overcome" the world and their sins through Christ [the Old Testament "WORD" of God - John 1:1-3].

They've all been "translated" [transported] into God's coming Kingdom. Their names are written in the Book of Life!

Jesus showed His selected disciples in the "transfiguration" that "Moses and Elijah" would be there in the Kingdom with Him:

"I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom." (Matt.16:28 WEY Weymouth's New Testament)

"Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place. There in their presence His form underwent a change; His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white as the light. And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him... As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. 'Tell no one,' He said, 'of the sight [vision] you have seen till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead.' " (Matt.17:1-3 & verse 9 WEY)

God has been "translating" people into His coming Kingdom since the beginning -- beginning with "Faithful Abel." And none of them whom He has "transferred" shall see death: the Second Death.

"I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to Judge... They came to life again[because all of them had died the first appointed death], and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This is the First Resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) Blessed and Holy are those who share in the First Resurrection. For them the SECOND DEATH holds no power, but they will be priests of God [the Father] and of Christ and will reign with Him a thousand years." (Rev.20:4-6 NLT)

Few people are aware of all the "translating" God has been doing throughout man's history.

Answer 2

This has not happened so far, so either God does not have the power to move someone instantaneously from one place to another, or he has never needed to use it. Muslims believe he did transport Muhammad from Medina to Jerusalem (and to heaven) but this was not instantaneous and the story was thus more plausible than an instantaneous move would have been.