The Bible does not offer a direct command regarding cremation. However, it repeatedly presents burial as the customary practice. From the patriarchs of the Old Testament to the burial of Jesus Himself, laying the body in the earth appears throughout scripture as an act of honor and expectation.
Many believers understand burial as a visible expression of faith in resurrection—the belief that death is not the end, but a pause before renewal. Scriptural imagery about returning to dust has long reinforced this understanding, linking the physical body to spiritual hope.
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