Leviticus 10:1 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.
Any deliberate and blatant disregard of God’s laws and instructions is a form of disrespect, for when we understand clearly what God requires, and then we deliberately choose to do otherwise, we manifest a contempt for The Lord, and thereby place ourselves in antagonism against Him.
The words: “Them that honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed” means that the lives of such persons who show a blatant disregard for God and His instructions would have little value in His sight. This is what took place with the sons of Aaron who because of an indulgent father, had gone on from their disrespect of Aaron to disrespecting the clear instructions from God.
But if parents shirk their unpalatable duties when it comes time to correct their children the time comes when God will take the matter in hand and what He did and how He did it with Aaron’s sons, shows us a grave truth, that God will not be trifled with. God is love, but the apostle Paul warns us to observe both the mercy and the severity of God so that we won’t be brainwashed by secular philosophies.
Leviticus 10:2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!