One of the greatest misconceptions which is widely accepted as truth, is as follows:
When people talk about or consider cremation, they believe that only “ash” remains after the cremation process has been completed. Nothing however could be further from the truth. The body is VAPORISED by applying enormous amounts of heat. There is a second burner which incinerates any and all tiny body parts or organic material which enters the second chamber. This effectively means that almost nothing is left; everything disintegrates and is incinerated to vapour.
When there is nothing left of the body, all the matter that is left in the cremation oven is collected, after it cooled down of course, and stored in a container. These remains are, wait for it – BONES! The bones are not reduced to ash; let me say that again – The bones are not reduced to ash, or dust! The bones are dried out, some have split open due to the enormous heat, but it does not turn into “ash”. In fact, there is practically no ash after cremation. The bones are then placed in a machine, after items like jewellery; tooth-fillings etc. have been removed. This machine is called a “cremulator”. My latest English dictionary does not even list this word yet. Even the so-called “ash” is not called “RE-mains”, but “CRE-mains”. The cremulator is basically just a very strong blender on steroids, which is scared of nothing, except…
TITANIUM!
The bones are then unceremoniously thrown into this machine and ground and crushed to a fine substance with a rough texture. This substance is then called “ash” which is handed to the loved ones as their dearly departed loved one’s “ashes”. The harsh reality is, this so-called “ash”, is nothing but your loved ones bones which have been liquidised in an industrial blender, like fruit juice! We then go ahead and scatter grandma’s “ashes” on the farm or her beloved holiday venue or in the ocean, or we even put it on the mantle place. These however are grandma’s bone’s which have been broken, blended and desecrated and not her ashes!
Below is a close-up photograph I have personally taken of a dog’s “ashes” after the dog was cremated. The ash is in a plastic bag, taken straight out of the beautiful wooden box it came in, but one can clearly see that this is not ash, but crushed bone. Please also note that the colour is mainly white with just a darker patch here and there.
I trust you can see that these are bones and not “ash”. The only possibility for real ash to look this would be to magnify it about a 1000 times, I would guess.
Besides possible jewellery and teeth fillings, there are still a few items remaining after the cremation. Of course there are metal plates and screws if the person had operations to reattach broken bones etc. What is more important in our study is the hip-replacement. The prostheses is made from, you guessed it…TITANIUM. The titanium hip replacement remains unblemished. It may have a few carbon stains from the burning process, but that’s it, and even this could easily be wiped off with a cloth. Now for the big question: If the melting point of titanium is 1670°C, why are the bones still present and not burned to ash? Could it be that the melting point of bone is so high that even the cremation oven will not be able to withstand such high temperatures? I think the evidence speaks for itself.
Next we look at the “bone” and the unbelievable importance attached to human bones from a biblical perspective. It was a revelation to me in this study to find just how important and valuable the human bone, after death is, and this from God’s Word. For me personally it was an immensely important discovery. We will look at a few scriptures in this regard in a moment.
You are now aware that to call the remains after a cremation “ash” would best be described as an outright blatant lie, which may be more appropriate, because there are virtually no ashes, but only bones which are crushed and ground which is passed off as the “ashes” of the deceased. We look at this later in the book, but please keep this fact in mind when we read through the following scriptures.
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
I don’t want to elaborate on the following, but we are literally and physically the generation of God, just as scripture declares, “of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones”. Note that not all two legged creatures are from the generation of God.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Just as Eve’s bones are parts of Adam’s, so are our bones part of God’s bones.
Psa 35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psa 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Our BONES are scatted at the grave’s mouth, not our ASHES!
Eze 6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Eze 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Eze 6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
“Images” refers to “sun-pillars”, which by the way is used by the majority of churches! Blatant paganism and idolatry without the congregation member ever finding the truth regarding these objects and symbols, hidden in plain view right in front of our eyes… It's called a phallic symbol, often used as church steeples to signify that it is a church building.
God states that he will break down these altars and spoil and cut off these images – [phallic symbols of pagan “gods”].
2King 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
Eze 26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Hos 10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Hos 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Mig 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
If you are not aware of what a phallic symbol is, here is an image which would give you a very good clue, as I cannot call it by name in this book!
Let’s continue…
Eze 39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
There can be no doubt as to the importance of the bones of the dead when we consider this verse. Why can’t these bones not just be left alone? After all, the person who discovered the bones did not have anything to do with them. These “passengers” however are fully aware of what scripture requires, therefore they mark the bones and bury it. Unlike us today, taking the bones and grinding and crushing it to small pieces and scattering it in the wind! Make no mistake; even if we put this in a “memorial wall”, it's still the same thing. Bones were crushed and more than half the bones are in a ditch somewhere together with dog’s and cat’s bones!
Gen 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Joseph comes to terms with the fact that his passing is close. What is one of the most important issues for Joseph, after his death? It is of such importance that he requires his brethren to take an oath that they will comply with his wishes. What is so utterly important to him? They must not bury his bones in Egypt, but they must take it with them and bury it at the family grave site.
Gen 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
All of us know the story of Moses very well. He was born in Egypt, grew up in the king’s palace and later fled because he had killed and buried an Egyptian. Many years later, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and they subsequently spent at least 40 years in the desert. We also need to be aware that Moses was in hiding for ± 40 years after he fled from Egypt. After these 40 years, he encountered the burning bush and then went back to Egypt. Calculations indicate a period of ± 180 years between the deaths of Joseph and Moses.
When Moses fled he was 
40 years old.
He spent 40 years in the vicinity of Median.
He was 80 years old when he led the Israelites from Egypt.
The Israelites spent 40 years in the desert.
Moses was 120 years old when he died.
Deu 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Although it is an estimate, when we calculate the time it took for the remains (bones) of Joseph to eventually be laid to (final) rest, according to the wishes of Joseph, it took approximately 100 years Yes, Joseph’s last will; regarding the final resting place of his bones, was in fact this important. Moses himself gave this instruction to the Israelites and took it to heart that the remains (bones) of Joseph be dealt with according to his wishes.
Exo 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
It was so important an issue that Moses had the children of Israel swore as well as a warning that God will surely visit them if they did not fulfil this task. And so, eventually Joseph’s bones were laid to rest with his father, Jacob’s bones at the family grave site. This is such a significant issue that it is repeated in the New Testament, specifically so that we don’t miss the importance of this event.
Jos 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
This, dear reader is an appropriate opportunity to ask yourself a very important question. Considering the above events, and if you believe that the Word of God is inspired by God and that ALL SCRIPTURE is profitable for correction and instruction, how in seven blue blazing hells can we justify taking the bones of a loved one and after burning the body to oblivion, crush and grind the bones to a fine powder? You have to make a decision. Either you believe that ALL SCRIPTURE is profitable for correction and instruction or you believe that scripture should be read like little red riding hood, when compared to our “human rights, likes and dislikes”!
2Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
If the bones of the children of God are not important, why on earth would they be carted around in the desert for 40 years? No sir/madam, our bones are not the same as chicken bones which are discarded in a refuse bin, much less grind it to fine pulp!!!
The bones are of such high value that it even caused a dead body to come alive. Yes, when a dead body came into contact with Elisha’s bones, the person was revived and stood up on his feet.
2Kin 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
2Kin 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
(For the mentally challenged, I have to state categorically that this is not the case with all human bones, in fact the scriptures do not teach this. Please don’t go and start a new church or doctrine where people rub themselves with dead men’s bones on Sundays now! Or Saturdays for the others. )
Our bones (substance) are not hidden from our Creator.
Psa 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Here we see the bones are not to be moved. Does this contradict the events surrounding Joseph’s bones? Not at all, in fact, the bones must be moved until it reaches its final resting place, and then it must never again be moved.
2Kin 23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
Do you remember the practice of the Roman soldiers where they had to break the legs of the crucified to speed up the death of the person? This was due to the commandment that someone, hung on a tree, must be buried before sundown. Do you remember when the soldier came to break the legs of Yahshua (Jesus), only to find that Yahshua had already died? The reason for this was so that prophecy could be fulfilled with regards to “no bone of the Lam shall be broken”. A few related verses to follow:
Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Exo 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Joh 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Joh 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
Joh 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Joh 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Very clearly and comprehensibly, we learn from scriptures the utter importance of the BONE. Whether it is symbolic or not, the bone has great undisputable value. Whichever way you prefer to look at scripture, there is absolutely no way you can refute the significance of the bone! If bones are carried through a desert for 40 years, if even the Passover Lam must be free from any broken bones and we take the bones and destroy it in an industrial blender and scatter it anywhere we please, how on earth can you my friend, reconcile this with scriptures?
This is where things start to get very interesting indeed. Note that we will not jump out from ash containers, also note that it does not state that God will resurrect the “ashes” from an ash urn, but the bones will be resurrected from the graves!
Eze 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Eze 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Eze 37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
I do realise that some readers may at this stage think that we have dwelt a lot in the Old Testament and everything changes in the New Testament. This reasoning is yet another misconception and falsehood, taught by the spiritual leaders of today. Anyhow, we will later delve into the New Testament a little more…
Note:
New Testament – Yahshua’s own Words: Everyone IN THE GRAVES shall hear his voice.
Note:
Not scattered ashes or crushed bones!
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 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.
Note: “together with MY DEAD BODY shall they arise” – Also note that the “EARTH (graves) shall cast out the dead”, and not ash urns!
Isa 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Look at the following lengthy section regarding the resurrection. Take head of the bones which will receive sinews, flesh and also a spirit. Some will come from the graves and some will just rise from dry bones. Note there is no mention of “ashes” or crushed and ground bone powder! When you read this section of scripture, ask yourself how on earth it is possible to associate this with the ashes of cremation…
Eze 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Eze 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
Eze 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Eze 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Eze 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
Eze 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
Eze 37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Eze 37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Eze 37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Eze 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Eze 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Eze 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Eze 37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
We do have a few sources which indicate some people to have motivated their cremation, with a belief that the cremated will not be resurrected. I would hypothesise that this belief may have had its origin from the passages we have just reviewed i.e. no bones, no resurrection! This is however not true, or is it? We look at this later in the book.
Again, note the “body” and “those who dwell in the dust – graves” and “the earth (graves) will cast out the dead”…
Isa 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Some theologian hotshot will probably refer to “the dust” and claim this refers to the “ashes” and there you have it, nothing wrong with cremation, case closed! Please note however what scripture says and what it does not say: “ye that dwell in the dust” and not “ye who are dust”, and neither “ye who are ashes”! God uses this phrase or description regarding people dwelling (sleeping) in the dust, numerous times in the Bible and it simply refers to the dead IN THE GROUND, NOT THE CREMATED!
(Although we are dust i.e. Abraham – clay, mud etc.)
To explain “sleeping in the dust”, here is one example:
Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Let’s be honest with each other and make the statement which the majority of people will make, namely:
“The traditional burial or funeral is old fashioned, old technology and out-dated in our “modern era”.
This argument gains false momentum by the following statement:
“If cremation technology was available in biblical times, the Israelites would have surely used it.”
Let me remind you that we have already listed a multitude of verses in scripture where the following is clearly comprehensible:
Burning of bodies.
Bones burnt to lime (ashes).
Bones crushed and broken to pieces.
Bones removed from graves to be burned and crushed.
Note: God commands us to having nothing to do with this - as this is a heathen practice!
The Tri-State Crematorium{a} is (was) located in the northwest state of Georgia in the U.S.A. During 2002, the crematoriums affairs were investigated, which led to the liquidation of the crematorium as well as criminal charges against the owner(s). Tommy Marsh established the business in the mid-1970s, to fill a gap in the cremation ma