This past week and into this week I have been studying Exodus 33 and the glory of the Lord. I am now working my way through some references on the glory of the Lord and find myself in Leviticus 9 and 10. In the verses ending Chapter 9 and beginning Chapter 10 there are some thoughts I wanted to put out there and see if there would be any help in response.

Here are my initial thoughts (done quickly because I’ve got to get to work!):

1. The presence of God came down and fire came from that presence.

2. At the end of Chapter 9 the fire consumed the offering because it was prepared properly and the result was people worshiped.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 10 the fire consumed Nadab and Abihu because they offered up “strange fire.”

The fire of God will consume. The fire here could be seen as “good” (when the sacrifice was accepted), but also as “judgment” (when Nadab and Abihu offered up the wrong thing). In either case, there is a dealing with the fire of God.

Any thoughts?