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toinena
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I want to be buried traditionally. It feels unbiblical to be cremated. But it is just a feeling, and where do I go when I am not certain? The BDF! I know for sure you guys will give me the answer.
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Why do you think it's unbiblical to be cremated?
Personally, I don't think it matters. When the time comes, God will resurrect you no matter what was done with your body.
Personally, I don't think it matters. When the time comes, God will resurrect you no matter what was done with your body.
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whatev
Guest
I don't think the Bible has anything about proper burial rituals. If it did, can you imagine the price for your own cave, plus the frankincense and myrrh?
Go to the Bible and it will become a certainty.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. (Acts 8:2)
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death... (Rom 6:4)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Corinthians-15-42/
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (1 Cor 15:42-44).
Just as seeds are sown into the ground, Christian bodies are "sown" into the ground, to be raised again at the Resurrection Rapture.
BEWARE: CREMATION IS A PAGAN PRACTICE.
Cremation is NOT a pagan practice. Whether we turn to ashes naturally, or through cremation, it makes no difference..
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toinena
Guest
Cremation.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
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Miri
Guest
I know a few Jewish people and traditionally they bury the dead within
24 hours. This was mostly for practical reasons in biblical times
due to the heat and no refrigeration, to put it bluntly.
But it’s since become a tradition.
Remember the story of Lazarus when Jesus told them to open the tomb.
He was told the body would smell as Lazerus had been dead 3 days.
24 hours. This was mostly for practical reasons in biblical times
due to the heat and no refrigeration, to put it bluntly.
But it’s since become a tradition.
Remember the story of Lazarus when Jesus told them to open the tomb.
He was told the body would smell as Lazerus had been dead 3 days.
Our traditional burials are not 'Biblical' either. To do it the traditional Jewish way you get buried then later when your flesh has rotted away your skeleton is put in a stone bone box and kept on a shelf
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Miri
Guest
T
toinena
Guest
True. I think the story is fascinating. Also the way He asked Martha to remove the stone. That puzzles me.
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Miri
Guest
T
toinena
Guest
You return to dust anyway....me...pile the wood, throw me on with 30 liters of diesel and light.......
Yes He could have.. Toi, cremated or not, we're all gonna be decayed ashes when He lifts us up and resurrects us..
You're gonna have to prove that, and prove why it matters to God whether we're buried or cremated.