Do you also believe that a dead body should not be cremated??
>>>Do you also believe that a dead body should not be cremated??>>>
Well, when I consider that thousands if not millions of Christians were burned alive by the church of the dark ages, I guess I don’t see the difference or if this is an issue with God. The Bible even calls this body “vile.”
Isn’t it such good news that we get a new perfect, beautiful and immortal body at the 2nd coming!
Also, Genesis 2:7 tells us the formula for life ....dust plus God’s breath (his spirit) and we BECOME a living soul. We are not GIVEN nor do we HAVE a soul. The doctrine of an immortal disembodied soul has it’s origin in greek mythology and Egyptian and pagan religions.
The Bible says ONLY GOD is immortal. We have conditional mortality and sadly, when our parents sinned......we inheritied a sinful fallen nature and we must die. But if we die in Christ, it’s only a sleep. At the 2nd coming we shall come to life to meet Jesus.
Throughout the bible death is called a sleep. The dead know nothing, etc. etc. A few texts here and there are the same texts always quoted to try and show we have an immortal disembodied soul. That’s why we have people praying to saints and Mary and ghosts in heaven. The Bible teaches none of this.
Even David has not yet ascended. And moses was taken body and all....see Jude 9. Elijah and Enoch were both translated alive so they didn’t see death at all. But the one who did.....Moses, we later read about a contention over his “body”....
I’m sure it was Satan arguing with God because there had been no atonement yet. God wrote a check and cashed it later at Calvary and took Moses home.......and life includes the “body.” Genesis 2:7 is the formula for life. A + B= C. Dust plus God’s breath = life or a living soul. Take away A and B.and back to dust we go. AS Job said......from dust I came...to dust I return. It’s just not that hard. Thank u