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. Leviticus 10:1. Next to Moses and
A Crisis in Israel
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Psalm 106:19, 20. In the absence of Moses, the judicial authority had been delegated to
Twisted Values
Thus Esau despised his birthright. Genesis 25:34. Esau had no love for devotion, no inclination to a religious life. The requirements that accompanied the spiritual birthright were an unwelcome and even hateful restraint to him. The law of God, which
There’s a Reason
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:7. Abraham
Confused and Scattered
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Genesis 11:8. The dwellers on the plain of Shinar established their kingdom for self-exaltation, not for the
Passport to Heaven
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
What Eternity Holds for the Redeemed
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. Psalm 91:16. All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar—worlds