CREMATION AND
THE SPIRIT
PART 34: THE
BURIAL OF JOSEPH
In the name of God master of the universe, Ruler of
the earth
Greetings Brethren
thanks be to God our Father and to our Savior Jesus Christ. Father we are also thankful
for the Holy Spirit. We continue with our report and pray for strength and the
blessings of Spiritual healing. For through this healing we can see God. One
can do nothing without God.
Brethren those that
have be duped and brainwashed by Satan are all around us. However although we
are concerned about the lost sinners our message is directed to those of the
Faith. The Faithful are those that have come under the Word. More especially we
speak to those who believe (know) they are saved and will reap Peace and
Paradise. Can you see Heaven and deny God? Can you burn the body, soul and
spirit and see God?
Again we see that the
righteous are buried. We will now return to Genesis the 50th
Division. In verses 22-26 we see scripture regarding the burial of Joseph.
While we find significant scripture noting the burial of the Prophets we find
no evidence of anybody that was/is Godly that was CREMATED. Think and mediate
on that as we proceed?
Genesis 50:23. “And
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of
Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.” (Also see
Genesis 16:3; 30:3; Job 42:16).
Ephraim and Manasseh
were the children of Joseph. Here we see that Joseph received much joy from
seeing his grandchildren. For the record Abraham was the father of Isaac and
Ishmael. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob then was the father of Joseph and
the sons that made up the 12 tribes. The record also shows that Jacob so loved
the sons of Joseph that he adopted them as his own sons.
Genesis 50:24-25.
“And Joseph said unto him 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.” (Also see Genesis 13:15; 28:13; 35:12; 48:21; 49:29).
“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.”
As the death of
Joseph approaches he is confident that God will take them out of the land of
Egypt. Thus he asks his sons to promise to take his bones back to the promise
land for burial.
There are several
very significant companion scriptures related to verse 25.
Exodus 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.”
The children of
Joseph had promised and took an oath to comply with the request of Joseph.
Joseph in making this request showed that he had great faith in God. Thus the
promise to Abraham would be kept and they would come out of bondage. This great
faith of Joseph is mentioned in the Chapter of Faith noted in Hebrews 11:22.
Joshua 24:29-33. In the
book of Joshua we see scripture that notes the burial of Joshua, Joseph and
Eleazar. However our primary scripture is verse 32. But we refer the reader to
all verses that conclude this Chapter. We also note again that we continue to
see scripture regarding the burial of the dead. We do not see scripture
regarding BURNING the dead.
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.”
The people of God
during this time made great sacrifices to bury the dead especially the leaders
in the Promised Land. This is a precedent that is still among the righteous
today. Not burial in the promise land but burial. The Patriarchal Period and
the time of the Old Law burial has come to an end. However burial of the dead
is an example of moral law. Meanwhile the prominence of CREMATION during the
present Christian Period is an example of the Pagan and Satanic influence among
lost sinners who also believe they are Christians. Jesus Christ presents the
greatest example in the Bible regarding righteousness. Jesus Christ was buried.
This example and precedent for burial is seen when Jesus died on the Tree, was
buried and rose for all of humankind to have a right to the tree of life.
Cont. Part 35: What
Is The Spirit?
Peace and Love, Carl
Patton writing for the FreedomJournal September 9, 2003, in the year of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
carl@freedomjournalpress.comcastbiz.net