who ascended into heaven alive?
According to the post-biblical Jewish Midrash, eight people went to (or will go to) Heaven (also referred to as the Garden of Eden and Paradise) alive: Enoch, Noah's great grandfather (Genesis 5:22–24) Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) Serah, daughter of Asher, son of Jacob (Midrash Yalkut Shimoni (Yechezkel 367))