GOOD•NEWS•SNAPS
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In the British Isles, dead houses (also known as receiving vaults) became popular in the 1800s as a way to protect the deceased from body snatchers. In north America, they also served as temporary storage during the winter months, when frozen ground prevented the digging of graves.
Modern machinery solved the frozen ground problem and there isn't much demand for snatched bodies these days. So, dead houses have become obsolete and simply provide an architectural point of interest in old graveyards.
Someone was once asked if they wished to be buried or cremated. "Surprise me", was the response. That would be a very unpleasant surprise. But even worse is the thought of awaking in eternity without having made preparations to do so.
The Bible makes it clear: there is one life, one afterlife and one judgement.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
(Hebrews 9:27-28)
d e a d • c e n t r e
In the British Isles, dead houses (also known as receiving vaults) became popular in the 1800s as a way to protect the deceased from body snatchers. In north America, they also served as temporary storage during the winter months, when frozen ground prevented the digging of graves.
Modern machinery solved the frozen ground problem and there isn't much demand for snatched bodies these days. So, dead houses have become obsolete and simply provide an architectural point of interest in old graveyards.
Someone was once asked if they wished to be buried or cremated. "Surprise me", was the response. That would be a very unpleasant surprise. But even worse is the thought of awaking in eternity without having made preparations to do so.
The Bible makes it clear: there is one life, one afterlife and one judgement.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
(Hebrews 9:27-28)