2019-02-03 Leviticus 10
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1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here and carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
5 So they came forward and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.
6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair hang loose and do not tear your clothes, or else you will die, and the Lord will become angry with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep over the conflagration the Lord ignited.
7 You must not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, for the Lord’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses said.
1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
Broken priests make broken decisions.
Broken priests make broken decisions.
1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
The priest was called to offer sacrifices to God on behalf of sinful people.
The priest was called to offer sacrifices to God on behalf of sinful people.
1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
Illus: The priest was the go between. He was someone who would be ritually cleansed so that when you brought your sacrifice to God it would be accepted.
The barebones truth is that if you brought a sacrifice to God to atone for your sins while you were in sin, God would consume you.
God placed a mediator between you and him, the priest. He would offer the sacrifice on your behalf so that you would not die.
The priest’s job was to go to God on your behalf.
Only the priest can go inside the tent and
What does that say about us… we are unable to approach God no matter what we offer.
1 Then the Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord from the livestock, you may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.
3 “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to bring an unblemished male. He will bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting so that he may be accepted by the Lord.
4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
5 He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord; Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Nadab and Abihu proved that no human priest could rightly fulfill their calling.
Nadab and Abihu proved that no human priest could rightly fulfill their calling.
1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
Illus: The Bible is filled with the stories of fallen heroes.
Adam and eve didn’t make 3 chapters without sinning, Cain was a murderer, Noah was a drunk. Abraham was an adulterer, Isaac followed his dad’s example. Jacob had way to many wives… oh and he was a trickster. Moses doubted God, Aaron was an Idolater.
Today we come to the next in line. Nadab and Abihu… The priests in the line of sucession to speak to the people, and they offer unauthorized fire before the Lord.
Why does the bible show the wickedness of it’s heroes… to show that we need a greater hero.
We are here for a specific reason. God exposed the triviality of Nadab and Abihu so that coming generations might understand the seriousness of what God demanded, and understand that a better priest was needed.
We do need a better priest, a perfect one, and the need left in this story points to Jesus Christ.
26 For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
27 He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.
28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.
We need a holy high high priest.
We need a holy high high priest.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
Jesus Christ faced every temptation we did. Where we fail, Christ was perfect.
Jesus Christ faced every temptation we did. Where we fail, Christ was perfect.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
Illus: Every priest had to go through a series of cleansings and sacrifices to be made clean. Why? because these broken men were approaching God who demanded they be holy and perfect.
The reason God took Nadab and Abihu is because they did not come before him clean. One misstep, offering unauthorized fire was enough for a holy God to consume these men.
When Jesus came to this earth, he lived not just to do miracles and teach. He came to fulfill all righteousness.
When Jesus lived, he needed to be tempted in every way without sinning so that he might be the perfect priest to offer himself for us.
When Jesus lived, he needed to live the perfect righteous life so that he might give it to us.
Jesus did not have to go through the cleansings and rituals as a high priest, because he fulfilled all righteousness through his life.
We approach God’s throne because Jesus is the high priest who has made the way.
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Jesus Christ accomplished what no human priest ever could, our restoration to fellowship with God.
Jesus Christ accomplished what no human priest ever could, our restoration to fellowship with God.
2 Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
Illus: God created priests and the sacrificial system for one purpose, so that we sinful people might be made right with God.
No animal sacrifice would ever be good enough to make us right with God.
No priest would ever be perfect enough to to restore our fellowship.
Christ did both on the cross. On the cross he became our mediator and our sacrifice.
We can know God personally, without fear, because Jesus did what no human ever did: He made us right with God.
11 But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation),
12 he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?
Through Christ we have become holy priests.
Through Christ we have become holy priests.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
God has raised up priests made holy in the true High Priest, Jesus Christ, to display His glory and holiness to the world.
God has raised up priests made holy in the true High Priest, Jesus Christ, to display His glory and holiness to the world.
Illus: Every person here is a priest! That is what the bible says. We are able to aproach God because Jesus has made us clean, holy, righteous. But as priests we have a job: we are called to go to a world that does not know Jesus, share with them the gospel, and see God transform their heart.
Just as a priest was called to stand between a broken sinner and God, so we are called to go to broken sinners with the message that God has forgiven them through the perfect work of Christ.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.