What Does The Bible Say About Cremation Verses Burial

2. Throughout history many Christians have experienced whatwould be classified as “arbitrary cremations. In other wordsthey were cremated by an act of violence of another or by atragedy of some kind.-History tells us countless numbers of Christians were“burned at the stake” by ruthless persecutors.-Many Christians have had their bodies incinerated intragic airplane crashes, automobile accidents, housefires, explosions, or in bombings during acts of war.3. Can God create a new heavenly body from the ashes ofany saved soul that was cremated in such tragedies?Absolutely! God created man from the dustof the earth. Why wouldn’t He be able to create a neweternal body from ashes?4. But there is something that must be considered in lightof the scriptures we have looked at thus far. And that is, notone of those scriptures paints cremation in a positivelight. None of these scriptures supports cremation as astandard practice.But let’s move on to the tsecond thing we want to consider……II.What Does The Bible Say About Burial?1. While there is no verse of scripture that specifically forbidscremation, there is overwhelming scriptural support for BURIAL.2. Time doesn’t permit us to look at all the scriptures regardingburial, but I would like for us to look at several.(A) SARAH was buried by her husband, Abraham.Genesis 23:1-4 (NKJV)1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were theyears of the life of Sarah.