Does the ILC have a doctrinal position on cremation?
The Holy Bible does not forbid cremation. However, burial is consistently referred to in the bible as far as the disposing of the bodies of believers is concerned, and consequently is preferable (e.g. Sarah, Genesis 23:19; Jacob, Genesis 49:29 & 50:7; Moses, Deuteronomy 34:5-6; Stwephen, Acts 8:2, and our Lord Jesus Himself, Matthew 27:57-60). Nevertheless, regardless of how one’s body returns to dust, the Lord will positively call it forth on the Last Day, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” (John 5:28-29) It matters not whether one’s “grave” is a piece of ground, the sea, outer space, or an urn; Jesus will call it back together and to life! “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged ev
