In Luke 16:19-31, using the account of the rich man and Lazarus (parables tend not to have specific names in them), we can deduce our spirit is not as unlike our physical bodies as we think. Most think of spirits as cloudy wills of the wisp or an invisible gaseous entity. But the scriptures describe spirits with a very physical-like "appearance." Peter, James and John saw on the mount of transfiguration the glorified Jesus between Moses and Elijah.
What they saw in Moses and Elijah were their disembodied spirits.
Colossians 1:12-19 (KJV)
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Jesus had not been raised yet, so Moses certainly had not, and though Elijah did not die in the sense that we consider dying he was translated into a disembodied spirit.
Proverbs 30:4 (KJV)
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
John 3:13 (KJV)
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Where Elijah's or Enoch's bodies are is not revealed to us. The rest of us (new and old testament saints) and the unsaved who have ever died our bodies are or will be returned to the elements of this world through oxidation. To be raised in the last day not like we are / were, but as we will be in eternity future.
What they saw of Jesus on the mount of transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8) they saw his theophany which was seen in the Old Testament (Genesis 32:30 / Exodus 24:9-11 / Judges 13:21-22). John 1:18 / 1 John 4:12 refer to God in entirety (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and remember Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15).
But notice the physical-like traits of all in the account of the rich man and Lazarus.
Luke 16:19-31 (KJV)
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Seeing, hearing, finger, tongue, recognition and identification who is who and where.
Anthropomorphic speech?
Possibly. It's how the account is often explained. Or it is used in the unbiblical explanation that this i the future or that they are in resurrected states...
But the scriptures speak of this place (hell or sheol / Abraham's Bosom) in:
Ephesians 4:8-10 (KJV)
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
The captive were the Old Covenant saints in Abraham's Bosom who could not enter heaven until Jesus was crucified paying once for all the price for human sin. And he led them to paradise (all three uses of the word in the Bible refer to heaven) in the three hour time span from his death on the cross at 3 PM to the end of the day at 6 PM.
Luke 23:43 (KJV)
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Jesus' body (the Son of man) was in the heart of the earth (the tomb) 3 days and 3 nights (Matthew 12:39-40). His Spirit was in sheol less than 3 hours (1 Peter 3:18-20).
