CREMATION IS WRONG FOR CHRISTIANS! GOD OWNS OUR BODIES, WE DON'T! IT DENIES OUR BODILY RESURRECTION

Christians earnestly wait for the "redemption of our bodies".

How could we then, how could we even think, of having our body cremated?

Cremation, in effect denies and witnesses against, this great Christian hope of bodily resurrection!

I know that $$$ is a big issue.

And in some countries land is extremely scarce.

So the Christian needs to plan ahead.

Perhaps have his/her final burial out in the country, or even in another country.

There is always the Old Jewish way of putting the body in a vault, for years, until all the flesh was gone, then put the bones in a box to be preserved and kept.

Hebrews 11:22:

²²By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

He had the Israelites take his bones with them in the Exodus.

In the New Testament passage of Romans 8 we have:

²¹Because the creature (creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

²²For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

²³And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

The famous Apostle's Creed, in its last section says:

I believe in the Holy Ghost;

the holy catholic (small "c" meaning world-wide) Church;

the communion of saints;

the forgiveness of sins;

the resurrection of the body;

and the life everlasting. AMEN.

Why would we allow our body to be destroyed?

Unless one is NOT a Christian and WANTS to avoid resurrection (this won't work anyway).

Besides this - WE DO NOT BELONG TO OURSELVES - WE ARE GOD'S PROPERTY.

WE HAVE ZERO PERMISSION OR AUTHORITY TO DESTROY OUR BODIES.

SURE, GOD CAN COLLECT WHATEVER IS NEEDED FROM THE OLD BODY --

OR REMAKE IT. I SUSPECT THERE IS SOMETHING - SOME SAY AN "AURA."

BUT, IT IS A TERRIBLE TESTIMONY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO ALLOW CREMATION.

LONGING WITH HUGE HOPE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF OUR BODIES IS IMMENSE TESTIMONY - WE DON'T WANT TO WRECK THIS.

CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN RIVER

SYMBOLIC OF DEATH TO THE OLD LIFE AND RESURRECTION TO THE NEW LIFE

The Resurrection has always been the GREAT HOPE for God's redeemed people.

Romans 6:5:

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Romans 8:23:

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

The entire fifteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians stresses the importance of the resurrection, first of all that of Jesus Christ which is the absolute proof his sacrifice for us was accepted by God the Father, and thus, so are we accepted, and also our own future bodily resurrection.

The passage shows that we receive new spirit bodies in place of our old flesh bodies.

NOTE SPECIALLY THE UNDERLINED PARTS -- WOW -- WHAT A TERRIFIC HOPE WE HAVE!

WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT ALLOW CREMATION FOR OURSELVES!

1Corinthians 15:

⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

⁴³It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

⁴⁴It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

⁴⁶Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

⁴⁸As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

⁵¹Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁵²In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

⁵³For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁵O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

⁵⁷But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED THROUGH CEMETERIES -

MANY GREAT "LIFE VERSES" -- THE PERSON, THOUGH DEAD, STILL TESTIFYING TO IMPORTANT THINGS OF GOD

The Apostle Peter says in 1 Peter 1:3:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Again, because of $$$, space, or whatever, insuring Christian burial and avoiding cremation may take advanced planning.

We lost a child, and I visit her grave sometimes.

My Dad was cremated, and I have never visited that Mausoleum. I guess I should.

I have often walked through cemeteries, just to look at all the neat "life verses" on the marker stones.

Neat how those folks keep on testifying for many many years.

I have never visited a mausoleum. I guess I should sometime.

ARLINGTON AT CHRISTMAS

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