What type physical burial should Christians practice?
The most meaningful acts which a Christian can do for another person should be done before the persons death. Jesus commended a woman for her love toward Him in anointing Him while He was alive (Matthew 26:12,13). But it is not wrong to prepare a body properly for burial as Jesus body was prepared (John 19:39-42). Washing and perfuming a body and wrapping it in clean clothes is honorable. But none of these acts is done to affect the departed ones soul. Devout men carried Stephen and buried him (Acts 8:2). Dorcas was washed and laid in an upper chamber after her death (Acts 9:37). Surely today Christians may be buried in a reasonable and sensible way without unscriptural heathen or denominational practices. Should Christians comfort those who mourn? Romans 12:15 says, Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. At the time of death, or at any other time of sadness, Christians should seek to comfort those who weep. But the death of a faithful Christian is not as sorr
