Peace be unto you,

Listen and read carefully. For those that believe that God sanctions CREMATION refer to the Bible and not to man. Why have many lost souls who believe that they are the only people saved consented to BURN the dead? Why would Satan want to invade the Lord's Church? Brethren let it be written the Lord's Church is among those that follow God and the Bible. Those that Preach and Teach False Doctrine follow Satan. Come from among the lost and Hell-Bent Devils. Establish Home Bible Studies and allow God and the Holy Spirit to direct your path.

Peace and Love, Carl Patton a willing servant of Almighty God writing for the FreedomJournal January 4, 2004 in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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.

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