be a temple. Amongst His creation was included the human body, which God called "very good". The importance of the human body was delineated in the bodily resurrection of Jesus, in which Christ arose from the dead in his body, not just in spirit. In Lutheran theology, this is important with respect to the resurrection of the dead at the Last Judgment. It is for this reason that the Lutheran Churches have historically discouraged the practice of cremation. Methodism Methodist theology emphasizes seven pillars that substantiate the theology of the body: God's creation is good and therefore trustworthy. In the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Pentateuch in the Bible, God's creation is called good seven times, the Biblical number of perfection. The physical body points to spiritual mysteries, chiefly the incarnation of Jesus, in which Jesus entered the world in the form of a human body. This is emphasized when Jesus declares (from Psalm 40:6) "a body you have prepared for me” (cf. ) The means of grace occur through the human body: Our bodies are designed to be relational. Holy Matrimony points to the mystery of "Christ and the Church". The beginning and end of Sacred Scripture is with marriage, with Adam and Eve being wed in the Garden of Eden and the Revelation of Saint John the Divine culminating "in the marriage supper of the Lamb where Christ is eternally wed to his church". Childbearing points to the mystery of the Holy Trinity. The bearing of children allows humans to synergistically participate with God in the act of creation of new life, with humans being made in the image of God. The threefold nature of the father, mother and children points to the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Celibacy points humans to life in the hereafter as “in the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage” . In Methodist theology, marriage is not an end in and of itself as the ultimate goal is eternal union with Jesus Christ. Humans who are living the celibate life "are already living out the future reality in the present." As such, Saint Paul teaches Christians to "practice temporary celibacy within the state of marriage (1 Cor. 7:5)." The sacramental nature of the human body is for the evangelisation of the world. This is revealed to others when