Leviticus 10:12–15
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a passage that is heavy with the smell of ozone and grief. Just moments before our text, a terrifying display of God's holiness has occurred. Aaron has just witnessed two of his sons, Nadab and Abihu, consumed by fire from the Lord. They had been consecrated as priests, robed in glory and honor, and stood at the very threshold of the divine presence. And the fire of God's jealousy for His own name leaped out and devoured them. It is nearly impossible for our modern, sentimental age to process such an event. We have been trained to think of God as a celestial teddy bear, a divine affirmation machine whose chief attribute is being nice. But the God of Scripture is holy, holy, holy. And the central lesson of Leviticus, a lesson written here in smoke and ash, is that you do not approach this God on your own terms.