One of the most difficult subjects I tried to research was: what happens to the body during the cremation process? There are very few sources containing information shedding more light on this subject. There is a book that was written regarding this information, but unfortunately it is unavailable and out of print. We will look at a single source, but I cannot confirm the accuracy of the information, but as with the rest of the content in this book as well as the application of logic and common sense, we have to keep some things in mind…
Whether this information which follows is true or not, we all know how the fat in a sausage heats up inside the skin when it is cooked or grilled. We also know just how far the hot, liquid fat or oil can eject from the sausage when the skin is pricked and we also know what happens to a piece of meat when left unattended on a fire. The meat shrinks, pulls, stretches, changes shape, changes colour to black and curls up. Disgusting as it may sound, the cremation process is not that different from what we observe with a piece of meat left on an unattended campfire. Consider what happens to an egg in a microwave oven if you forget to prick a hole in the shell. It explodes with pieces of egg all over the inside of the microwave surface.
We know what the basic elements of the body are and what their percentages are, therefore we can look at what happens to the body when it is subjected to the furious flames and blazing heat of hell, sorry… I meant “flames of cremation”.
First, the coffin, “burn box or container” burns away very quickly to ash which is collected in the crematoria filters. Steel components such as handles, screws, hinges etc. are later removed from the remains. The water content in the body, approximately 64%, evaporates quickly together with all the gasses trapped inside the body. After this, the flesh of the body starts to burn. At first, everything burns black, and then later, when the carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, flames will remove all water and carbon from the bones, leaving snow white bones. Some bones will have dark carbon stains and this is normally caused by the use of cancer medication, which is alleged to alter the bone composition.
The massive flames first consume the coffin from the top. Next is the cadaver’s hair which is consumed in an instant. The skin is next with the fat and muscles being consumed by the fire shortly afterwards. It also happens from time to time that the body contracts and appears to sit in an upright position, arms and legs start to contract and makes the body appears to be alive. The reason for this is the blazing heat which contracts the muscles when gasses, water and fat evaporates. Remaining bodily fluids in the organs starts to cook and crackle and is ejected in all directions. At this stage the heart, lungs and other organs are visible against the sharp contrast of the white skeleton when the fat and skin has evaporated.
I think we should stop here, but you can use your imagination. This is so gruesome it is unthinkable, but if you find this shocking it’s very good! You have to be aware of what your body will be subjected to during a cremation and what’s more, you must be aware of what your dearly departed loved one’s body will be going through during this pagan idolatrous practice. How else are you going to be able to make an informed decision, especially when you are being deceived by your church pastors and preachers?
Here is a rhetorical question – Does the body sit upright and come alive due to the burning process, contracting the muscles…. or …. Does it jump up with a: “Oh hell, what have I done!”
People whom are scared to wakeup in a coffin underground, must consider these gruesome facts as well…
Please see the following image of a burning body inside a cremation oven during the cremation process, now see yourself in that same image and make a decision to follow the scriptures…
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
There will be people who say this description in terms of what happens to the body in the oven is not true, but I know one thing, don’t tell me the body lies there in the oven, obedient and docile and evaporates from the chimney of the crematorium in a quiet little smoke trail. I know the difference between horse droppings and figs!
Maybe you start to cry in the oven during your cremation. Not to worry, just request your idolatrous “gods” (companies) to deliver you…
Isa 57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
When you are a-whoring with other gods, and believe you me, you are doing this unknowingly due to your church and your ministers smuggling pagan rituals into the church and calling it Christian, God says: go and consult your “gods” for help!
I often wonder how many people feel that their prayers are unanswered, but they are unable to link the latter to the idolatrous worshipping of pagan practices…right there in their churches and homes!
What does scripture teach us regarding the body?
1Cor 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
1Cor 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
1Cor 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1Cor 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1Cor 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
So far we have learned that to burn bodies is an abomination and whoredom. A huge misconception has manifested itself in Christianity where the Word of God refers to whoredom. Immediately we all assume that this term, “whoredom”, is not applicable to us, we are churchgoing folk, for Pete sake, we shout! The truth is that whoredom; most of the time refers to idolatrous acts. Again we say: We don’t practice any form of idolatry, we have absolutely nothing to do with it! If you reason like this, a rude awakening awaits you. I guarantee - if you are a main stream church member, you are practicing idolatrous acts without even realising it, hidden in plain view, right in front of your very own eyes.
Anyhow, to have yourself or your loved ones cremated is whoredom against God, period! What’s more, you desecrate the body, a creation of God which is not your own and does not even belong to you!
Temple Desecration: (Your own body)
We look at a few more verses concerning the importance of the body. You may think that it’s only applicable to the living body, but we will see later that the remains are also very important.
Ecc 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Don’t by means of a decision to cremate, cause your body to sin, with your mouth; and later say that it was an error, because God will be angry!
Even the beast’s body will be destroyed by fire! (This beast is not a goat or a dog)
Dan 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Our bodies will also burn, if we continue to make a mockery of God’s Word!
Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
You will remember that after Yahshua Messiah’s resurrection, He had flesh, bones and even ate (consumed) food.
Mat 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
If the dead body is simply “remains” which can be thrown to the dogs, or worse, thrown into the fire like a piece of wood, why do we read he following in scripture? Ask yourself why? Is it because there were no cremation technology, or has it been written and recorded as an example and guide for us to follow, even as a commandment?
Mat 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Mat 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Mat 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Mar 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
Luk 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luk 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
If Yahshua was cremated, would He have been resurrected? I don’t know, but what I do know is: how can one possibly associate cremation with what we just read?
Joh 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Concerning the passage below, if this woman was cremated, this miracle would not have been in the Bible!
Act 9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
Act 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Act 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Act 9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Act 9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
1Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
It says here that our bodies do not belong to us. This is what God’s Word says. Do you believe what God’s Word says? If so, does it not tell you that we do not have a say in terms of the disposal of our bodies as far as cremation is concerned, because our bodies don’t belong to us? We have been bought with a very high price; therefore glorify God also with your body, by not committing it to the pagan practise of burning it to whoredom!
We are familiar with the good old 1 Corinthians 13 which is often quoted at wedding services…
1Cor 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Cor 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Cor 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Paul is not talking about cremation here. He is implying that even if he is so humble that he is willing to burn his own body i.e. desecrating it, and he has no love, it will profit nothing. If you however have any love for God, you will never commit this abomination, not against your own body, nor against a loved one’s body. I hear people say: “I love the Lord”, but do we really know what it means to love God?
To love God is to keep his statutes and to gain knowledge of Him, getting to know Him. Will you marry someone of whom you know nothing about? Their preferences, what they love, what they hate, their dreams, passions and goals? If not, how can we declare that we love God if we don’t know what He loves, what He hates, what His plans are etc. Worst of all, how can we love God if we have no knowledge of Him? You may think that you know God from all your years of attending church, but I put it to you that the God of the Bible and the “god” of the church, is not the same god, not by a long shot my friend! Ask yourself how on earth a spiritual leader can teach “the flock” that they have the right to choose between cremation and a traditional burial. They can teach this, but on one condition, they must then admit the following:
Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God,
Depart from us; for we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways.
You see dear friend, you are very familiar with the greatest commandment which is:
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Now – a great many people profess that they “love” our Creator, but let’s define this “love” with scriptures.
What does it mean to love God?
Prov 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
To “LOVE” God is THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE!
…and yet, they teach the most vile rubbish, totally against scriptures, telling you that there is nothing wrong with cremation, and yet also state, “they love God”. This is a perfect example of an oxymoron if there ever was one!
Another definition of “love” for God is:
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
The very sad fact is, the next verse is probably the truth in most cases:
1Joh 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Example:
A dear family member struggles with the question regarding bury or cremate. I hand this person (a woman) a book: “Cremate or Bury, what saith the Bible” and tell her to read the book before she decides how she wants to be “disposed” after death. A few months later we visit this lady again and I ask her if she has read the book and if she found answers.
Her reply...?
“No I did not read the book, but I did ask my pastor and he says there is nothing wrong with cremation, so now I know the answer”.
Well, I am afraid there is nothing more I can do for this woman. If you trust your pastor, over and above God’s Word, there is nothing I can do for you...
Beware of the false prophets – inwardly ravenous wolves!
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Why are they like this? Money, money, money …and money!
Mig 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Here are some excerpts from the book – “Cremate or Bury, what saith the Bible”.
Economical:
My mother recently passed away in December 2014. At the funeral parlour I requested the undertaker to quote on two funerals, one for burial and one for cremation (only for research purposes) and you will never guess; the cremation was more expensive than the burial. When I asked the undertaker what the reason was, he told me that during a cremation, no less than four different physician’s or specialists are required to perform assessments before the cremation may proceed.
The argument which everyone believes is that a cremation is cheaper. This however is devoid of all truth!
Hygienic:
Crematoriums emit mercury emissions during the cremation process, which poisons humans, animals, fish, lakes and drinking water. To claim that cremation is more “hygienic” than a ground burial, is also void of all truth!
Aesthetical value:
Yes, it is truly esthetical to know that my loved ones bones have been dumped in a hole behind the crematorium with cats and dog –bones, cremated in the same oven, it makes me feel so proud, very esthetical indeed. And don’t forget about the body that practically jumps up and down in the oven with fat crackling and bodily fluids squirting from all directions out of the body from the flames and heat. Yes, very esthetical indeed don’t you think? Much more esthetical than laying a body to rest in the ground… like scriptures require!
The Time factor:
The whole purpose is to lay the deceased to rest as quickly as possible, and not make a festivity of the event three months later. Someone died; it’s not a wedding for Pete sake!
Cold character:
Yes, the cemetery and the grave render a cold character, and grandmas bones in a mass grave behind the crematorium, together with animal bones renders a warm feeling? The only “warm” feeling you will get from a cremation is when you’re standing next to the oven on a cold winter’s day!
Grave Pillaging:
The highest grade of pillaging is to take the bones of the deceased and throw it into a monster industrial blender with hardened steel balls which crushes and grinds it to a powder! This my friend is pillaging of the highest degree of a body that does not even belong to you.
1Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Property:
If you want to sleep you need a bed. If you want to follow God’s instructions, you need a grave. You cannot argue that you will get the same rest from sleeping in a chair because there is no room for a bed in the bedroom. There are plans to be made. Some of the smallest countries with the highest population never run out of burial space. To say that there is no space is a fallacy and a nonsensical argument, void of all logic! Let the unbelievers cremate, but you dear reader, ensure you get your loved ones and yourself buried, as our Creator commanded us in His scriptures! Do not deviate from this!
Technology:
Does technology get preference above the Word of God, even if Satan himself is the designer of it? Allow me to answer from the Word of God:
Jos 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
The Majority:
Let me answer the same as before:
Exo 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…
People and especially churches and Christianity feel there must be some mystical value in numbers. Power to the majority! Majority in numbers don’t and can never cancel out the commandments of our Creator.
I am sorry dear reader, but not a single one of these arguments holds any water and the scriptural way of burial is not just the best, but for God’s elect, the only way!
Satan’s hirelings can accumulate six mountains worth of arguments, but it will for all eternity be totally against scriptures and therefore against our God, the One who created us! The ground burial is not only biblical, but God’s WILL!!!
Mig 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.