Cremation vs Burial | What does the Bible say about Cremation? | GotQuestions.org
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Cremation vs Burial. What does the Bible say about cremation… should a Christian be cremated? Is cremation a sin… is cremation in the Bible? When it comes to questions about cremation and Christianity, or can a Christian be cremated, God’s word should be our guide. In this video, Pastor Nelson with Bible Munch answers those questions offering a Christian view on cremation.
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- Today's question is, what does the Bible say about cremation? Could Christians be cremated?
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- In this video, I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective, and afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.
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- The Bible does not give any specific teachings about cremation. There are occurrences in the Old Testament of people being burned to death, 1
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- Kings 16 -18, and of human bones being burned, 2 Kings 23 -16 -20.
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- But these are not examples of cremation. It is interesting to note that in 2 Kings 23 -16 -20, burning human bones on an altar desecrated the altar.
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- At the same time, the Old Testament law nowhere commands that a deceased human body not be burned, nor does it attach any curse or judgment on someone who is cremated.
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- Cremation was practiced in biblical times, but it was not commonly practiced by Israelites or by New Testament believers.
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- In the cultures of Bible times, burial in a tomb, cave, or in the ground was the common way to dispose of a human body,
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- Genesis 23 -19 and 2 Chronicles 16 -14. While burial was the common practice, the
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- Bible nowhere commands burial as the only allowed method of disposing of a body. Is cremation something a
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- Christian can consider? Again, there is no explicit scriptural command against cremation.
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- Some believers object to the practice of cremation on the basis it does not recognize that one day
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- God will resurrect our bodies and reunite them with our soul and spirit, 1 Corinthians 15 -35 -58.
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- However, the fact that a body has been cremated does not make it any more difficult for God to resurrect that body.
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- The bodies of Christians who died a thousand years ago have been by now completely turned into dust.
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- This will in no way prevent God from being able to resurrect their bodies. He created them in the first place, he will have no difficulty recreating them.
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- Cremation does nothing but expedite the process of turning a body into dust. God is equally able to raise a person's remains that have been cremated as He is the remains of a person who was not cremated.
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- The question of burial or cremation is within the realm of Christian freedom. A person or a family considering this issue should pray for wisdom,
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