Christians!: Lets say I was a baptized Christian...?

Question

... traveling through the amazon on a missionary travel to convert indigenous people to the simple faith of Jesus Christ. While traveling there, we walked into the wrong territory, cannibal territory. Since we were peace loving Christians we had no weapons to fend them off. So of course they eventually ate us and used our bones for tools and weapons, craving them to fit the specific need.

My question is, on the day of judgment, since my body has been eaten, my bones broken up and craved into various tools, artifacts, and anything left over that is not used would be burned as a part of sacrifice, how would I be resurrected?

Please do not get mad at this question, its not offensive. I want to understand your concept of the resurrection. For example what if after death a Christian sought to be cremated and had their ashes released in space, how would they be resurrected? Hopefully people will not get mad, and have this removed, because its a real question that people need to know!

But my soul is eternal no? Can a soul sin? I thought it was the flesh that was sinful. In the Revelations. I was under the impressions from when I read of Christians that the resurrection was of the body.

The religous people I know say that the flesh is what is sinful BECAUSE it is the aspect that carries sin, by reason of blood. Hence we all die in Adam, because all men are of one blood, namely Adams. So our flesh was corrupted. Jesus was different because he was born of incorruptible flesh, hence a virgin and the spirit of God impregnating her. Paul said that corruption must put on incorruption, the body must "raise up" in incorruption. That's why I asked the question.

For example, back then they say it as the father carrying the blood. Something like that.

Answer 1

The Bible is very clear that when we are resurrected we will be given glorified bodies, which are different from our physical bodies.

That said, God is all-powerful and knows the location, position, and history of every atom in the universe. If for some reason, our glorified bodies required the exact atoms to be present as at the moment we died, God is fully capable of restoring them to their original state.

If He can knit us together in the womb, He can provide our bodies in resurrection.

Easy for Him.

Answer 2

My father was Jehovah's Witness and he used to tell me that even a broken body will be put together like a puzzle and resurrect. However, he used to say that once cremated, no chance to be resurrected. As far as I know JW are the ones who claim the Resurrection by the spirit coming back in the same body at the judgment day. Until then, those who pass away will be sleeping totally unconscious of anything around.

I know that the majority of other Christians think it differently. That we will go to heaven right after passing away and we will not resurrect in the same body, but in spirit.

My religion and other religions believe in reincarnation, therefore the body is an instrument of spiritual progress, but certainly don't belong to us spirits. They are disposable and changeable. In my religion it is OK to cremate, as long as we wait more than 72 hours after death.

Peace!

Answer 3

I think our understanding of "loaded" concepts progresses over time. There was a time when most Christians assumed that a bodily resurrection required (at least) the bones to be intact, hence burial became standard practice just as it largely still is in Judaism. Now, however, people understand that God is capable of "raising us up" regardless of whether our body is intact or not, and the practice of cremation has returned.

My understanding of resurrection, however, is that God exists outside of space and time. And every moment and every particle is eternally "present" in the mind of God. Resurrection is the state of becoming united with the mind of God. We shed our earthly existence - body AND soul - and become One with the Father. It's a little more abstract, but it makes sense to me.

Peace and (((hugGs)))

Answer 4

Ultimately, the best spin that you can put on a fairytale top is the one that brings the most joy to your life. ... The most wonderful thing about it all is the fact that Humanity is Universally Irrelevant - Bones, Organs, Body, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Substance, Baptized, Resurrected, Reincarnated, or otherwise. ... The best any of us can do is make the here and NOW as meaningful and fulfilling as possible; while practicing authentic and peaceful good will towards others. I assure you, in time (or not), the physics of The Universe will take care of All The Rest (one way or another; believe it or not).

Answer 5

Slow down. Youare supposed to ask one question, not interrogate us. In Jeremiah it says that God knew us before he formed us in our mother's womb. If God can know you before you exist,don't you think He can find you after you die? All things are possibe for God. At the resurrection, you will receive a glorified body. Jesus said it is given for a man to live once,then the judgement. So your glorified body may be resurrected according to how you were judged from your life's work. I wouldn't get hung up on doctrinal thingslike this. It is better to listen to the Holy Spirit and be obedient to God's directions.

Answer 6

The way I see it, If God created the atom and formed the earth and everything in it, then he can gather every particle of a scattered human without any trouble. Just because someone is eaten, burned, or broken into bits, that doesn't mean their atoms cease to exist... they are just in disguise.
Consider those lost at sea, eaten by wild animals, the martyrs who were burned for their beliefs, etc. If God needed our remains intact and together to get us into heaven, a good number of believers would be in trouble.

My question is what if a non-believer gets a heart transplant from a Christian and the rapture happens? Does that person just drop over dead because the heart disappears, or would God let the person keep it?

Answer 7

What parable does Jesus talk about people who aren't ready for solid food but still need milk. In my opinion the body counts for nothing as it states in the Bible from the earth we come to the earth we return, the body. The soul is the fruit that is grown and desired by God. This is more than likely the Davine body, the soul. Jesus manifested himself to his disciples and then some. He also passed through walls and other things the body would have difficulty doing this.

Answer 8

Man cannot destroy anything completely it just changes into something else. The body is burned, returns to dust or whatever there is something left. I don't know exactly how. The Bible says that we will be changed for the corruptible must put on incorruptible. God is God he can do anything he wants to with our bodies. God bless

Answer 9

Resurrection is not an after-death experience EVER, but a psychological state of unity with authentic being - only possible through transcending the little learned ego identity. That is the existential death required for being and reality to synchronize. It is a matter of waking from the dreamscape and rejoining 'The Real,' the 'Absolute' AND one's purpose.

Answer 10

One man asked similar question to Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) holding a broken human bone in his hand. The question was "Who will give life to those bones after they are rotten and have become dust?" The question and answer is dealt with in the last verses of Chapter "Yasin" of Holy Quran. God asks Prophet Mohammed "Say (O Mohammed (PBUH)) He will give life to them Who created them for the first time. And He is the All-Knower of every creation!. Is it not He Who created the heavens and the earth, Able to create the like of them? Yes, Indeed! He is the All-Knowing Supreme Creator. Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, it is only that He says to it, "Be!" -- and it is! So glorified be He and exalted above all that they associate with Him, and in Whose Hands is he dominion of all things and to Him you shall be returned."

Same is the reply to your quesion "what if after death a Christian sought to be cremated and had their ashes released in space, how would they be resurrected?