Bible Question: What does the Bible say about creamtion of ones body after death or where may I find reference to this question? |
Bible Answer: There is in the New Testament no instance of cremation, Jewish, heathen or Christian, and clearly the early Christians followed the Jewish practice of burying the dead (see Tert., Apol., xlii; Minuc. Felix, Octav., xxxix; Aug., De civ. Dei, i.12-13). Indeed, cremation has never been popular among Christians, owing largely, doubtless, to the natural influence of the example of the Jews, the indisputable fact that Christ was buried, the vivid hope of the resurrection and the more or less material views concerning it prevalent here and there at this time or that. While there is nothing anti-Christian in it, and much in sanitary considerations to call for it in an age of science, it is not likely that it will ever become the prevailing practice of Christendom. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA Decompostion the body goes through is a really oxidation. Fire is nothing more than rapid oxidation. Considering the price of funerals, caskets and all I have left word that I should be cremated immediately upon death. Then in the future a memorial service held where Jesus is preached and my home going celebrated. That is how my parents handled it. I never saw them dead so I don't remember them dead. I picture them in heaven waiting (heaven is timeless so the wait isn't long) almost like people do at airline terminals for their loved ones that are flying home for a reunion. EdB |
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