“Censers”

March 2, 2020

“Censers”

Blessings folk!

The ground had opened up and swallowed Korah, Dathan and Abiru.

Fire from heaven had consumed the 250 leaders that had joined with them.

Now, note what the Lord tells us about all this…

Num 16:36-40

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze, for they are holy;
and you scatter the burning coals abroad.

“As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives,
let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar,
since they did present them before the LORD and they are holy;
and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel.”

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the men who were burned had offered,
and they hammered them out as a plating for the altar,

as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the LORD;
so that he will not become like Korah and his company—
just as the LORD had spoken to him through Moses.

Whoa!

The Lord told Moses to tell Eleazar, Aaron’s son, to gather the censers from the midst of the blaze.

The blaze remaining from the fire from heaven that consumed the men.

The sin of these men had cost them their lives.

The censers were now to be hammered into sheets for the plating of the altar.
They were holy.
They were presented before the Lord.
In a manner of speaking, the men themselves were a sacrifice unto the Lord.

This plating would be a sign to the sons of Israel.
A reminder that no “laymen”, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should burn incense before the Lord.

(The word “laymen” here is actually “stranger”. Humm…we will look more at this and the false dichotomy that consumes the western church&hellipWinking

These men had sought to function in a role/calling that had not come from the Lord.

They were motivated by:

  • Jealousy
  • Greed
  • Hubris
  • Anger
  • Fear
  • Pride
  • Arrogance
  • Rebellion
  • False accusation

Remember…

Num 16:3
They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them,
“You have gone far enough,
for all the congregation are holy, every one of them,
and the LORD is in their midst;
so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

Sound familiar?

Nothing is new…

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