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Leviticus 10:3-7
Excerpted from: God's Sense of JusticeBrethren, please pay attention to these words: "I must be regarded as holy by those who come near Me." That includes us. These men did not sanctify God by being obedient to His command. They offered "profane fire."
First of all, I want you to think to whom this happened. Whom did it happen to? It happened to Aaron's sons. Now you would think that God would give some leeway. After all, he was Aaron. He was the high priest. He was the brother of Moses, the man who talked with God face to face, and you would think there would be some leeway in the judgment. No, there was not any leeway in the judgment. God held them responsible for what they did. They did not do things the way He said, and this happened almost immediately after what He had just instructed them in with very great detail, with very great care, and they did it wrong.
They did not sanctify Him before the people. They did it wrong, and God reacted swiftly and violently, wiping them out on the spot. There were no temple prostitutes there like in the pagan religions. There were no human sacrifices that they did. Just profane fire. Well, God's reaction allowed no time for a trial. There was a summary execution right on the spot. A supernatural judgment, and the Old Testament God who did that was Jesus Christ. The God of the New Testament summarily executed these people because they did not follow the directions that they were so clearly given.
Aaron undoubtedly was very greatly displeased and shocked, and the brothers too. Eleazar and Ithamar were undoubtedly shocked as well. Humanly, they went right to Moses to get this matter straightened out. Well, Moses gave them God's answer. Do you know what God's answer was in plain language? "Don't you dare mourn." That is what He meant. "Don't take your hat off and throw dust on your head." Moses told them, "Don't you show any agreement with what Nadab and Abihu have done." The implication is very strong from what Moses said: They got what they deserved.
There are at least five possibilities why they were guilty. 1) The coal was not taken from the brazen altar. 2) They made the offering at the wrong time of day. 3) No one except the high priest was permitted to carry out this responsibility. 4) They were intoxicated, as verses 8 and 9 give somewhat of an implication. 5) It could have been any combination of the first four. There might have been several things involved there.
Now look at this. There was no ambiguity of instruction. Each step and each instrument in the process was designed to teach certain spiritual concepts. They had been completely instructed, and were blatantly twisting the teaching of God, and it says that Aaron remained silent because he knew the judgment was correct.
Leviticus 10:6-7
Excerpted from: The Fear of God (Part 2)Do you know what Moses did here? He cautioned Aaron and his two sons to not even mourn. Do you know why? Lest they give the impression of further disrespect by showing a questioning of God's judgment in seeking pity from God's people. Are you always happy with the way God deals with you? Do you question His attention to you? Do you think that He is unfair? Do you accept His decisions—His judgments—with unquestioning obedience? Do we realize that we are calling into question the greatest Mind that there is? One who is truly infallible? Now I know that we do not intend to do that, but that is the process that is involved here.
I will tell you, Moses understood a thing or two! "Don't you dare even weep because if you weep that will be taken by God as a sign that you don't agree with what He did."
Leviticus 10:6-7
Excerpted from: Are You a Victim?Now it is important that you see and understand that the anointing oil is upon you too. It is the Holy Spirit. In Aaron's case, it was real oil that was poured on him. But Moses' instruction to them was, “Don’t you dare show any negative reaction to this. I don’t want to see you crying.” Apparently, there was something they did to their hair whenever something like this occurred. He said, “Do not do that. You’ve just go on with life as though nothing happened.” They were not to show any sign of disagreement with what God did.
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