The Prompting of Prayer
Nadab and Abihu offered "strange fire" before the Lord, and God killed them because of it.
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" (Lev. 10:1-2).
They were doing a right thing, but in the wrong way They were the sons of Aaron and had a right to offer incense. God does not tell us where they got the fire, but He does say it was "strange fire...which he commanded them not." Because of their disobedience, God destroyed them with fire.
In Leviticus 16:12 the fire to be used in the censer to offer up incense was to come from the burning coals fire on the brazen altar. That which was to kindle the incense and cause it to ascend to God was to come only from the brazen altar, from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces" (Lev. 9:24). Here we see the origin of the fire which God wanted used to offer not only the sacrifices, but also the incense. It was fire from the Lord Himself that consumed the sacrifice. When the people saw the sacred and unusual fire, they shouted and fell on their faces. When the Lord Jesus died on the cross 1900 years ago the Bible says "it pleased the Lord to bruise him" (Is. 53:10). Men did not put the Lord Jesus to death, but God laid upon Him the iniquity of us all and caused Him to suffer. It was the fire of God, the judgment of God, that came upon Him for our sins. This is why He was consumed. This is why He died.
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