As a born-again believer, what is your view concerning cremation?
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Cremation
- Thread starter Wesley Briggman
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Genesis 2:7 (ESV) ... the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground...
Genesis 3:19 (ESV) ... till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 18:27b (ESV) ...I who am but dust and ashes.
Job 10:9 (ESV) ...you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
Job 30:19b (ESV) ...I have become like dust and ashes.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 (ESV) and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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Rob
Genesis 3:19 (ESV) ... till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 18:27b (ESV) ...I who am but dust and ashes.
Job 10:9 (ESV) ...you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
Job 30:19b (ESV) ...I have become like dust and ashes.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 (ESV) and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Economical
Ecological
Ethical
Enlightened
Rob
I know people who believe that it sends you to hell because you have no physical body to resurrect.
But neither do the Christians who were eaten by lions in Rome or Christians whose bodies disintegrated in the Twin Towers at 9-11 or the untold Christians whose bodies have long since rotted away from being killed in wartime and never got a burial.
IF cremation sends a Christian to hell, then the Bible would have told us to preserve dead bodies with a variety of ways. It doesn't.
God can resurrect ANY deceased Christian who remains are in ANY condition.
That would include the (probably few) Christians in downtown Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
And.... neither do Christians who died decades ago (even the bones decay in time).
I appreciate all views posted. My wife and I have made arrangements to be buried. Christ set the example.
The issues I have with cremation begin and end with the cremator:
Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes
"Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes"
You have NO way of knowing who/what is in the urn!
The issues I have with cremation begin and end with the cremator:
Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes
"Discovery of 189 decaying bodies in Colorado funeral home suggests families received fake ashes"
You have NO way of knowing who/what is in the urn!
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Ascetic X
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But it doesn’t really matter, does it? The dead body is just a shell. The person has departed and is now with Christ. The ashes are relatively insignificant. We scatter the ashes or bury them somewhere, but what actually matters is where the soul has flown off to.
God will resurrect us, no matter if our dead body is embalmed or cremated.
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There are stories of unscrupulous funeral practices with all burial forms in all ages.
When women died in ancient Egypt, they would wait until decomposition began before delivering the body to be interned.
The burial practices of the ancient Jews are odd in a different way.
In Israel, a year or so after interment in the cave, the bones were collected by the elder son to be stored in a bone box.
But I plan to follow Christ’s example as well - I will resurrected after his likeness.
Rob
Anthony Pritchard
Active Member
There is no command in Scripture that forbids cremation. God can raise a body from dust no matter how it returns to the earth. Burial, however, has long carried a symbolic meaning for believers because it reflects the hope of the resurrection, and fire in Scripture is more often associated with judgment and destruction. So cremation is permitted, but burial carries the richer biblical picture of being sown in hope.
Embalming and mummification carry a rich, biblical meaning?
The practice is simply a ritual, designed to comfort those left behind.
It will not aid me in any way towards life eternal.
In general, Baptists abstain from ceremonial liturgy and ritual.
The rich, biblical picture is supplied in Christ's resurrection; the comfort lies in the hope of resurrection.
'When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is' 1 Jn 3.2.
Rob
The practice is simply a ritual, designed to comfort those left behind.
It will not aid me in any way towards life eternal.
In general, Baptists abstain from ceremonial liturgy and ritual.
The rich, biblical picture is supplied in Christ's resurrection; the comfort lies in the hope of resurrection.
'When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is' 1 Jn 3.2.
Rob
Anthony Pritchard
Active Member
They burial, not necessarily the prep, points to the hope of resurrection.
Armchair Apologist
Active Member
The main concern I would have is first MAKE CERTAIN I AM ACTUALLY DEAD!!!
