Posted on 06/21/2013 7:33:40 AM PDT by JoeProBono
That’s not what Jesus teaches about the value of our bodies, and the duty for reverence towards the dead and human remains.
Again, cremation is what the pagans did to their dead. Christians have always buried or preserved them in some way or shape or form, *because* we believe in bodily resurrection.
“We won’t be having the same bodies..not even close...Christ was dead 3 days”
Yes, we will be having the same bodies. Remember the nail marks in Christ’s palm?
“were many unbiblical things they did totally out of a pagan mindset which they brought into the church body at that time”
You have it exactly backwards. Cremation is what the pagans did with the dead. The Christians put their dead in the catacombs.
what scripture is he quoting there?
Jesus has let us all know that nothing this side of heaven is going to get in the way of His taking us to be with Him.
Our body is valuable only until we are done with it..then frankly it rots....He wants us to value “life” and what we do with our bodies while we are in it.
After death...You can dress it, burn it, put it in a coffin, dump it in the sea, cremate it or whatever....it’s still a dead body...useless. It has served it’s earthly purpose.
So where’s the scripture that says all this? I respect Billy Graham, but he’s not an apostle.
His nail scarred hands and side were to prove to His Disciples he was the same man...to establish the fact He was the Jesus they had followed. Those scars testified to His identity....they all were convinced and confessed that he was the Lord...and even faithless Thomas.
Further when Christ comes for Judgement.... “They shall look on him whom they have ‘pierced’”
We can not say our bodies scars even hint of meaning as that... Our bodies die in ‘dishonor’,.. but will be raised in glory...our bodies die in ‘weakness’...but will be raised in power.
Uh?...... Billy didn’t write that I did.
....additionally there are no apostles today.
He wasn’t quoting scripture...he commented...making a point.
Sheesh do you not have common reason to use which God gave us? God isn’t prevented from raising us up by anything of this world...He’s God...nothing stands in the way of His will and purpose.
We know this because of the body Christ was resurrected in. You can’t have it both ways. Scripture clearly argues for unity not just in the spirit but in the body between our bodies in heaven and our bodies today.
This is part of why Paul argues for Temples of the Holy Spirit.
Basic cremation is still going to cost @ $1K which she might not have if he’d been sick for a long time, unable to work and living on welfare.
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