Is cremation after death Gods will for Christians?
Several instances of cremation took place in the Old Testament due to special circumstances, and they are recorded in Joshua 7:15-25; I Samuel 31:12; II Kings 23:20; and Amos 2:1, 6:10. Cremation, however, was not general Hebrew practice, and it is not mentioned at all in the New Testament. Burial was the normal custom. A prohibition against cremation is not recorded in the Bible, and if a Christians body is burned, it does not present a problem for God in resurrecting that persons body from the dead (I Corinthians 15:42-44), (TEV). We read in II Corinthians 5:1, “For we know that when this tent we live in – our body here on earth – is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home He himself made, which will last forever,” (John 14:1-3) (TEV). It doesnt matter how our body is destroyed; all that matters is that God will raise it from the dead. Even those that are buried in the ground, decay into dust and bones, (Genesis 3:19). Regardless of whether we are buried
