Featured What Do Matthew 8:22 and Luke 9:60 Teach about Burial?

Maybe Jesus was teaching about foxes? I like stories about foxes. Did you see that movie, The Fox and the Hound?

 

You seem to be confusing hermeneutics with systematic theology. Jesus statements are true what is untrue is your understanding on why they were used and how to properly apply them.

 

I dont have the patience to explain why 1+1=2

so for that reason…….im out

 

So, according to your wide understanding of the topic of burial that you obtained in your use of systematic theology,…. as an expert….

Does scripture say there are any consequences if we don’t get the burial right? Does scripture say there are consequences if a person is cremated?

I appeal to you to share your knowledge gained thorough systematic theological study of this topic of “premier importance” to answer this one simple question.

If you do not answer, I will conclude the answer is “no”, scripture does not say anything about consequences if we get burial wrong.

peace to you

 

I don’t think it would take very long. He’s got gumption though, to lecture Revmichell about systematic theology, telling him how he doesn’t understand basically anything… wow!

I don’t always agree with Rev, but I certainly respect his knowledge and approach to scripture and theological issues. He does focus on context like a laser beam… except when he disagrees with me….

Peace to you

 

I loved the way he stated his comment about burial being of “premier importance” was in the last thread on “burial”, so he doesn’t have to talk about it now.

It won’t take long for him to realize careless comments tend to follow you around this board, especially when you accuse others of being essentially ignorant of how to study the Bible.

Peace to you

 

How about just getting to the point and tell us what your conclusions are?

 

Greetings,

Oh......Yes they are.....just as the rest of the Old & New Testament give details about burying. Just read them......
The word it self "bury" means "bury".


The Lord bless you....
In His Love....

 

Greetings,

He did, you, like the other's just do not care for his answer's and directions. Because it is honest and to the point.

Php_2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1Ti_6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,


The Lord bless you.....
In His Love....

 

Greetings,

AMEN!!!


Rom 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

The Lord bless you.....
In His Love....

 

Jumping back in with the same question that @canadyjd has been asking. Does Jesus say what the consequences are if His followers do not bury the bodies of our loved ones? If so, please elaborate. Where do we find these further details? Question open to either you or to @CalTech, or anyone who can provide passages that answer this question.

[EDIT] In your view, would those who have cremated their loved ones have committed a sin out of ignorance of Christ's instructions? My parents were buried because that was what they wanted. My sister's husband was cremated because that was what they wanted. All family members in these situations.

 

The NET bible footnote concerning Matthew 8:22.
41sn There are several options for the meaning of Jesus’ reply Leave the dead to bury their own dead: (1) Recent research suggests that burial customs in the vicinity of Jerusalem from about 20 b.c. to a.d. 70 involved a reinterment of the bones a year after the initial burial, once the flesh had rotted away. At that point the son would have placed his father’s bones in a special box known as an ossuary to be set into the wall of the tomb. Thus Jesus could well be rebuking the man for wanting to wait around for as much as a year before making a commitment to follow him. In 1st century Jewish culture, to have followed Jesus rather than burying one’s father would have seriously dishonored one’s father (cf. Tobit 4:3-4). (2) The remark is an idiom (possibly a proverbial saying) that means, “The matter in question is not the real issue,” in which case Jesus was making a wordplay on the wording of the man’s (literal) request (see L&N 33.137). (3) This remark could be a figurative reference to various kinds of people, meaning, “Let the spiritually dead bury the dead.” (4) It could also be literal and designed to shock the hearer by the surprise of the contrast. Whichever option is preferred, it is clear that the most important priority is to follow Jesus. [emphasis added]

 

Greetings,

A resounding AMEN!

"Amos 2:1 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:"

2Co_13:1 ....... In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.


The Lord bless you abundantly! For you are a second witness to the scripture which I also had provided to reveal the Lord's will regarding "burning or cremation" in a much earlier posting in my original Thread, which was closed....

The Lord bless you....
In His Love...