Sunday Sermonette: WTF?

Leviticus 10 is very puzzling. A good deal of explanation seems to be missing but one thing is for sure: God is batshit insane. I decided to use the Revised Standard Version this time but really, no version makes any more sense.10 Now Nadab and Abi ′hu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered unholy fire before theLord, such as he had not commanded them.2 And fire came forth from the presence of theLord and devoured them, and they died before theLord.3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what theLord has said, ‘I will show myself holy among those who are near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace.There is no explanation of what exactly Nadab and Abi ' hu did. (KJV calls this " strange " rather than " unholy fire " .) It occurs to me that there might have been an incident in which priests died in an accidental fire -- after all they are playing with fire all the time in the sanctuary -- which became the seed of this story. Nevertheless, the idea that the way God shows himself to be holy and glorified is to murder two priests who somehow bungle a ritual doesn ' t seem to reflect well on him.4 And Moses called Mish ′a-el and Elza′phan, the sons of Uz′ziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”5 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Mo...
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