Why Did They Die!?!
Alright so we’re moving right through Leviticus and we’re on Day 10 of our cover to cover Bible reading plan! Jump In!
Day 10 of 90: Bible Reading Plan (Read Leviticus 8-15)
I’m not even going play with you, when I learned that Nadab and Abihu, Aaron’s sons, have both died, well I was pretty upset, were you? No, just me? I mean, just moments earlier in Vs. 8:36 we see that, “So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses”, and now you throw this curve ball at me? Sheesh!
But then they did do something disobedient. These dudes lit up a bad offering, they didn’t have the permissions to offer that fire up to Him, and in their disobedience they died; that’s why they died. Could you imagine if that were the case today? If we did that one wrong thing and we just died? But that was a hard fast rule back then, you could NOT offer the wrong offering, and seriously you couldn’t enter into God’s presences as a sinner. It was not allowed. Thank God for His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, for His work at Calvary . . . do you remember one of those miracles that happened when the veil was torn? Yeah, we get to sit in His presence now! Thank you, Jesus!
“Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?” Leviticus 11:19
This pleased Moses to hear these things; that Aaron was living in fear of God.
Can you imagine? The things this man saw and experienced in his life (and earlier we read that Moses told them not to mourn/”don’t dishevel your head and rend your clothes” and all I can think was . . . he did it; he acted in obedience. Could I have been so believing and faithful if my children had died? Would I have not been running around, wailing, in some sack cloth and ash or something? I don’t know, friends, I’m not sure I have such faith that could have kept me from faltering at the next offering, either, if I’d just witnessed that; but this guy; Wow. All of those ritualistic restrictions he had and then to still lose his sons. Just, wow.
I’m glad God is God and I am not. I’m also glad that we’re not required to do those offerings that were outlined in Leviticus and we don’t have to hold those rituals.
I’m glad He welcomes us to come have communion with Him; He wants us to to have intimacy with Him.
Did you read Leviticus 8-15? I can’t deal with this. So many things. So many. We’re going to circle around to some stuff when we finish this study, new blog post ideas bouncing around in my head. Enjoy the bread pic . . . all I keep thinking about is unclean food, and since bread is the best food . .. hey, you’re welcome!
Old Testament
Day 1 Genesis 1 – 11
Day 2 Genesis 12 – 20
Day 3 Genesis 21 – 33
Day 4 Genesis 34 – 50
Day 5 Exodus 1 – 11
Day 6 Exodus 12 – 18
Day 7 Exodus 19 – 30
Day 8 Exodus 31- 40
Day 9 Leviticus 1 – 7
Day 10 Leviticus 8 – 15
Day 11 Leviticus 16 – 22
Day 12 Leviticus 23 – 27
Day 13 Numbers 1 – 8
Day 14 Numbers 9 -16
Day 15 Numbers 17 -25
Day 16 Numbers 26 -36
Day 17 Deuteronomy 1 – 9
Day 18 Deuteronomy 10 – 17
Day 19 Deuteronomy 18 – 26
Day 20 Deuteronomy 27 -34
Day 21 Joshua 1 – 10
Day 22 Joshua 11 – 24
Day 23 Judges 1 – 10
Day 24 Judges 11 – 21
Day 25 Ruth 1 – 4
Day 26 1 Samuel 1 – 16
Day 27 1 Samuel 17 – 1 Samuel 31
Day 28 2 Samuel 1 – 24
Day 29 1 Kings 1 – 22
Day 30 2 Kings 1 – 25
Day 31 1 Chronicles 1 – 8
Day 32 1 Chronicles 9 – 19
Day 33 1 Chronicles 20 – 29
Day 34 2 Chronicles 1 – 21
Day 35 2 Chronicles 22 – 36
Day 36 Ezra 1- Ezra 10
Day 37 Nehemiah 1 – Nehemiah 13
Day 38 Esther 1 – Esther 10
Day38 Job 1 – Job 23
Day 39 Job 24 – Job 42
Day 40 Psalms 1 – Psalms 21
Day 41 Psalms 22 – Psalms 60
Day 42 Psalms 61 – Psalms 90
Day 43 Psalms 91 – Psalms 115
Day 44 Psalms 116 – Psalms 150
Day 45 Proverbs 1 – Proverbs 15
Day 46 Proverbs 16 – Proverbs 31
Day 47 Ecclesiastes 1 – Ecclesiastes 12
Day 48 Song of Solomon 1 – Song of Solomon 8
Day 49 Isaiah 1 – Isaiah 27
Day 50 Isaiah 28 – Isaiah 66
Day 51 Jeremiah 1 – Jeremiah 20
Day 52 Jeremiah 21 – Jeremiah 52
Day 53 Lamentations 1 – Lamentations 5
Day 54 Ezekiel 1 – Ezekiel 22
Day 55 Ezekiel 23 – Ezekiel 48
Day 56 Daniel 1 – Daniel 12
Day 57 Hosea 1 – Hosea 14
Day 58 Joel 1 – Joel 3
Day 59 Amos 1 – Amos 9
Day 60 Obadiah 1
Day 61 Jonah 1 – Jonah 4
Day 62 Micah 1 – Micah 7
Day 63 Nahum 1 – Nahum 3
Day 64 Habakkuk 1 – Habakkuk 3
Day 65 Zephaniah 1 – Zephaniah 3
Day 66 Haggai 1 – Haggai 2
Day 67 Zechariah 1 – Zechariah 14
Day 68 Malachi 1 – Malachi 4
NEW TESTAMENT
Day 69 Matthew 1 – Matthew 28
Day 70 Mark 1 – 16
Day 71 Luke 1 – Luke 12
Day 72 Luke 13 – Luke 24
Day 73 John 1 – John 21
Day 74 Acts 1 – Acts 15
Day 75 Acts 16 – Acts 28
Day 76 Romans 1 – Romans 16
Day 77 1 Corinthians 1 – 1 Corinthians 16
Day 78 2 Corinthians 1 – 2 Corinthians 13
Day 79 Galatians 1 – Galatians 6
Day 80 Ephesians 1 – Ephesians 6
Day 81 * Philippians 1 – Philippians 4 (Morning)
Colossians 1 – Colossians 4 ( Afternoon)
1 Thessalonians 1 – 1 Thessalonians 5 (Bedtime)
Day 82 2 Thessalonians 1 – 2 Thessalonians 3 (Morning)
1 Timothy 1 – 1 Timothy 6 (Afternoon)
2 Timothy 1 – 2 Timothy 4 (Bedtime)
Day 83 Titus 1 – Titus 3 (Morning )
Philemon 1 (Afternoon)
Hebrews 1 – Hebrews 13 (Bedtime)
Day 84 James 1 – James 5 (Morning)
1 Peter 1 – 1 Peter 5 (Afternoon)
2 Peter 1 – 2 Peter 3 (Bedtime)
Day 85 1 John 1 – 1 John (Morning)
2 John 1 (Afternoon)
3 John (Bedtime)
Day 86 Jude 1
Day 87 Revelation 1 – Revelation 6
Day 88 Revelation 7 – Revelation 18
Day 89 Revelation 19 – Revelation 22
Day 90 – PRAISE!