Was Elijah taken up to heaven?

If Elijah went to heaven as most people believe then how could he have written a letter to the king of Israel some years later?

Notice that this was written after he was taken up into the clouds and transported to some other place on this earth....

2 Chronicles 21:12: and there comes in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, ‘Thus said Yehovah, God of David your father, Because that you [Jehoram] have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah, Interesting, this was some time after he was taken up, check out the time frame. He began his ministry with King Ahab... follow the time line and you will see he was not taken up to heaven to the place that God inhabits. He was taken up into the atmosphere, air, and transported to another place on this earth. Much the same as Phillip was transported by the power of the holy spirit as we see in the NT.