Deuteronomy 6:22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.

These are the chronicles of the time written down and faithfully copied by scribes time and time again. Today we use computers and printing presses to reprint or re-publish God’s Word.

Why should these words be any different from the words written in text books we learn from today?

Man has studied these words and found them to be true. Man has copied and dissected the words and learned to trust them.

We should too!

Psalm 106:18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

When we turn our backs on our friends we should not expect any help of support from them; the same could be said about God as well.

And yet we still find so many more places in our bibles which talk about God’s forgiveness and mercy rather than His wrath and fire (as in this verse).

God continues to try and turn us away from our evil ways and place more faith and trust in His righteous ways – but in order to benefit from those ways we do have to turn toward them!

Numbers 16:35 And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Many people remember this once instance and quote it as the Lord being unfair, but time and time again God had to carry out His promises because Israel tried to do their own thing!

In this case we have several families who have done their own thing by making an offering they think should be done instead of what God has commanded of them.

What happens? God has to carry out His promise to punish those who come up against Him in the manner promised.

250 people died because they thought they knew better than God’s Word. Don’t think you are immune…