Episodes
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
When Aaron's sons Nadav and Avihu suddenly die by fire while offering the first sacrifices, we have an odd series of verses that seem to suggest --on the surface-- that God has glorified Godself by killing them and now God demands that Aaron show no grief for his own sons also for the greater glory of God. What? Do the verses really say this? A closer look (helped by the commentator Sforno), shows us what's really going on: there are times when we glorify God by choosing to do our jobs (when lives are at stake) over allowing ourselves to feel our feelings of grief, of anxiety, or fear. What seems so unfeeling of God, so self-glorifying and cruel, comes alive to us now: we are only told to postpone our fears, our emotions, our worry, our wailing, our mourning, when we find ourselves (even unbidden) in the chain of operations meant to save lives. God even bestows a personal word of loving care to Aaron: don't turn to the bottle, another message so important at this time.
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