Featured The Disciples of Christ and cremation, what does the Lord say about it?

Lucky for us, salvation is not lost if someone is cremated.

peace to you

 

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Cremation isn’t unbiblical, it simply was not the practice of ancient Israel.
God chose Israel to display his glory to the world.
If Jesus was cremated, the resurrection story wouldn’t have happened as it did.

Other cultures, Greek, Roman, Nordic, Indian all practiced cremation.

It’s a good thing we don’t practice burial like the Jews of Jesus time.
They placed their dead in a cave or underground room for the worms to eat and to rot.
After a year the eldest son would collect the bones and place them in a bone box (ossuary) where ancestors lay.

There are a few places in the Bible where cremation takes place.

One place it is mentioned is at the end of 1 Samuel (32) and the beginning of 2 Samuel (1+2).
Saul and his cohorts were cremated after being desecrated, beheaded and hung on the wall as a trophy for a few days by the Philistines.
I imagine the Israelite rescue team didn’t want to carry the rotting bodies all the way back home. So they carried what remained after cremation back for burial.

Rob

 

Jesus did too...

 

I totally agree. Note this was in response to those using the fact of burial in a tomb or grave being used to deny other means of handling bodily remains of believers. I am not a fan of reading more into scripture than what it actually teaches.

I am what is termed a "Vietnam Era Vet" having served during the war. However, I was never in combat or even in a combat zone, having served from 1965 to 1967in West Germany. But yes, my Drivers License says "Veteran."

 

Thank you Deacon that was very informative... What a sight to see when not only those who rise from the earth but those whose grave was in the sea... Brother Glen

 

That's ok I forgive you Van... In 1965 & 1966, I was in The Marines and in combat... I guess there wasn't a bullet with my name on it... Joined the church when I got back in 1968... God preserved me for something!... Semper Fi... Brother Glen

 

You are absolutely right. Cremation is an utterly pagan practice that has zero biblical support for its use by believers.

 

More vitriolic posts from the endless fault finder. I am not the one claiming the bible says not to cremate Christians. No such thing is found or suggested in scripture. So you make up false charges. Pathetic

 

I had cataract surgery but the bible does not promote the practice. Must be a huge sin. Ditto for my heart surgery. The mindless arguments of the anti cremation crowd are boggling to behold. Why worry about how we are buried, rather than how we live? Isn't the anti-cremation dust-up just another distraction from what the bible actually promotes?

 

What would happen at the rapture when "the dead in Christ" are raised.

1Th 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1Th 4:17
Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

1Th 4:18
Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

So no matter how mangled our physical body might be, whether vaporized from an artillery blast or having turned to dust over the centuries, our All-powerful God will "raise" our glorified bodies as we join Jesus in the air.​

 

Greeting CalTech

As much as you want to believe that burial is a biblical practice,
...today's burial practices are more like the ancient Egyptian methods.
(think Joseph in the book of Genesis)

Upon our death, parts are removed by the undertaker

the corpse is cleaned, purified

then embalmed

the face is painted

it's dressed up in fancy clothes
the body is placed in a wooden sarcophagus.​

then lowered into a stone sarcophagus.​

ritual prayers are given​

only then is the body buried​

Where it will stay entombed for the ages.

Of course eventually it will turn to dust...

The same state whether we are buried or cremated.

It happens to us all.
It's what you do with your life that matters.
I have no preferences; I told my wife, "surprise me".

Rob

 

My comment was directed to CalTech. This is his thread. You can direct your questions to him.

 

Jon is that you?... The final version... Brother Glen