DON’T MESS UP WITH THE HOLINESS OF GOD OR YOU WILL DIE - LEV. 10:1-3,6-7

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Created: Friday, 07 April 2023 06:49

"And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace...And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the LORD has kindled. And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses" - Leviticus 10:1-3, 6-7, KJV.

Aaron’s two eldest sons, driven by whatever motive, offered ‘strange fire’ before the Lord and were struck dead immediately by fire! What a great lesson learned in the most horrible way ever! 

For Moses, Aaron, his surviving sons, the Levites and the entire nation, it was an unforgettable day - perhaps the saddest in the life of Aaron. The gravity of the holiness of God had never been so understood or appreciated until this event happened. How awesome this holiness was that Aaron and his surviving sons were forbidden from mourning their loss or stepping out of the sanctuary for a season, else, they too would die! Imagine flogging a child and commanding him not to cry!

Similar scenarios played out in Acts 5:1-11 and 12:20-23 where Ananias and Sapphira his wife dropped dead on the spot while King Herod was eaten up by worms in the presence of those who, some two minutes earlier, praised him to the highest heavens.

Today, Christians, especially ministers of the gospel, ‘offer up to God strange fires’ on supposedly holy altars and still go, as it were, scott free! The atrocities being perpetrated by such so called Church leaders without any apparent and immediate consequence are just unimaginable! Their ‘anti-Christ’ behaviors seem to lend credence to the heresies of Marcion of Sinope who taught that the God of the New Testament was different from the God of the Old Testament. 

These modern followers of Marcion argue that "GRACE" covers them regardless of the abominations they commit. It’s like their version of the Holy Bible does not seem to have Romans 6:1 which says, ‘Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?’(NLT). 

Therefore, as many of us, servants of the Most High God, as may have been offering up ‘strange fires’ unto God, should please, stop messing up with the holiness and glory of God, otherwise, death is inevitable!

This Season of Resurrection and especially today, which is Good Friday, affords everyone in this category a wonderful opportunity for repentance as tomorrow might be too late. God does not want you to continue in sin but wants you to repent and come back to him.

As Christians, we have to live in the perspective of the holiness and the glory of God, giving thanks to Him for His unspeakable gift’ - for Good Friday. Otherwise, ask Aaron!