Cremation
Just wondering whether this is okay in God's eyes. Any suggestions or ideas?
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Permalink Reply by jeffrey george tyma on -
i have never seen anything in the scriptures about it. Once we die our flesh is gone forever. It is the spirit that inherits the kingdom of god. so that is what concerns god . I Corinthians 15:50 “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. our flesh is sinful and corruptible. sow if we burn it after death it doesn't matter to god.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Kay Hughes on -
Thanks for your input :)
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Permalink Reply by Jim Pokorny on -
Debbie: My mother insisted (on more than one occasion) that she NOT be cremated and I honored that wish because I respected her decision whether I agreed with it or not (that was not what was important). What about martyrs who paid the ultimate price for their faith and were burned at the stake? Like Jeffrey, I don't think cremation matters to God. One more thing, when my time comes and I go to be with the Lord, I guarantee you it will not matter to me, I will not care about this in the least. Blessings, Jim.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie Kay Hughes on
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Jim -
Thanks so much for your reply. It was my thought also but I wanted input from fellow Christians.
Debbie
Jim Pokorny said:Debbie: My mother insisted (on more than one occasion) that she NOT be cremated and I honored that wish because I respected her decision whether I agreed with it or not (that was not what was important). What about martyrs who paid the ultimate price for their faith and were burned at the stake? Like Jeffrey, I don't think cremation matters to God. One more thing, when my time comes and I go to be with the Lord, I guarantee you it will not matter to me, I will not care about this in the least. Blessings, Jim.
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Permalink Reply by John David Duerwaechter on
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I looked up through my concordance and there was about 36 verses talking about burying the dead. I searchethe Word bury
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Permalink Reply by John David Duerwaechter on
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I looked up through my concordance and there was about 36 verses talking about burying the dead. I searchethe Word bury
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Permalink Reply by Tami on -
I found this information at www.gotquestions.org:
Question: "What does the Bible say about cremation? Is it wrong to cremate a person's body?"
Answer: The Bible does not give any specific teaching about cremation. There are occurrences in the Old Testament of people being burned to death (1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 21:6) and of human bones being burned (2 Kings 23:16-20), but these are not examples of cremation. It is interesting to note that in 2 Kings 23:16-20, burning human bones on an altar desecrated the altar. At the same time, the Old Testament law nowhere commands that a deceased human body not be burned, nor does it attach any curse or judgment on someone who is cremated.
Cremation was practiced in biblical times, but it was not commonly practiced by the Israelites or by New Testament believers. In the cultures of Bible times, burial in a tomb, cave, or in the ground was the common way to dispose of a human body (Genesis 23:19; 35:4; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60-66). While burial was the common practice, the Bible nowhere commands burial as the only allowed method of disposing of a body.
Is cremation something a Christian can consider? Again, there is no explicit scriptural command against cremation. Some believers object to the practice of cremation on the basis it does not recognize that one day God will resurrect our bodies and re-unite them with our soul/spirit (1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:16). However, the fact that a body has been cremated does not make it any more difficult for God to resurrect that body. The bodies of Christians who died a thousand years ago have, by now, completely turned into dust. This will in no way prevent God from being able to resurrect their bodies. He created them in the first place; He will have no difficulty re-creating them. Cremation does nothing but “expedite” the process of turning a body into dust. God is equally able to raise a person’s remains that have been cremated as He is the remains of a person who was not cremated. The question of burial or cremation is within the realm of Christian freedom. A person or a family considering this issue should pray for wisdom (James 1:5) and follow the conviction that results.
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Permalink Reply by John David Duerwaechter on
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Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
The Bible talks about burying the Kings with there Fathers during the monarchy. I would think that burying the dead would be the right thing to do. But the bible doesn't explicitly say, up to my knowledge. If you search bury or buried on your bible software, this could give you more insight on this issue,
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Genesis 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Genesis 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Genesis 50:13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
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