WRONG AWARENESS OF BURIAL RITES IN CHURCH

WRONG AWARENESS OF BURIAL RITES IN CHURCH

Today we see priest conducting burial inside the church, praying for death bodies, in addition to anointing or pouring the same holy water that would be used for the living on the death. What an error of misappropriation, grave mistake to such calling. It is important to note that the living and the death have nothing in common, just like Christ said, let the death bury their death in Mathew 8:21-22…… this is high level of defiling the altar of God. Let the Word of God be the standard for living and not the perception, thoughts or word of men. When you call yourself a follower of Christ, are you not supposed to do as your master? Does the priest pray for the death bodies to come alive or to rest in peace when the spirit and soul of the deceased has already found its route? Some death bodies are even buried within the church premise probably the said was a priest which is very wrong – sacrilege I call this act. Is it for a continuous fellowship with the death or worship the deceased with the tomb? What function or duty has the death touching the living? Do they have any scriptural verse in the Bible to portray this malicious act or just on a copy right formation? Have you taught of the fact that God might had been angry with the deceased who you want to sojourn or feast with?

Firstly, observing rules about priesthood include not attending burial except your parents or sister that was a virgin is involved, talk less of bringing it to the house of God. There is a distinct demarcation between the death and the living; these are two different worlds you need to choose one. Luke 17:22-   The story of the rich man and Lazarus made us to know that the request of the rich man for Lazarus to return to the world and educate his love ones did not receive any attention owing to the barrier between the parties.