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Is ''Strange fire'' a metaphor? | Is ''[[Strange fire]]'' a metaphor? | ||
Fire is a process. It is a chemical conversion, using oxygen to combine with the item being burnt, and the result is heat, hot gases (such as carbon dioxide) and ashes. | Fire is a process. It is a chemical conversion, using oxygen to combine with the item being burnt, and the result is heat, hot gases (such as carbon dioxide) and ashes. | ||
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In the [[kingdom of God]], processes happen by way of using our conscience to discern that which is right and good. Using the Law of God as a basis, the process results in a decision. The goodness of the Father in heaven requires that each of His servants must likewise decide according to that which is good. If a process of conversion of an offering from its grantor to its recipient is well-pleasing to God, then it is a good process, which should be called ''holy fire'', but anything other than that which pleases God is ''strange fire''. | In the [[kingdom of God]], processes happen by way of using our conscience to discern that which is right and good. Using the Law of God as a basis, the process results in a decision. The goodness of the Father in heaven requires that each of His servants must likewise decide according to that which is good. If a process of conversion of an offering from its grantor to its recipient is well-pleasing to God, then it is a good process, which should be called ''holy fire'', but anything other than that which pleases God is ''[[strange fire]]''. | ||
If we read in the Bible on the topic of justice, it is clear that certain things are not right and good. For example, taking bribes destroys justice. Therefore, a bribe brought to the altar of Christ is an example of | If we read in the Bible on the topic of justice, it is clear that certain things are not right and good. For example, taking bribes destroys justice. Therefore, a bribe brought to the altar of Christ is an example of | ||
''strange fire''. | ''[[strange fire]]''. | ||
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Shelem Zevah (Peace Offering)<Ref name="shelem">{{08002}}</Ref> | Shelem Zevah (Peace Offering)<Ref name="shelem">{{08002}}</Ref> | ||
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Is Strange fire a metaphor?
Fire is a process. It is a chemical conversion, using oxygen to combine with the item being burnt, and the result is heat, hot gases (such as carbon dioxide) and ashes.
Strange can mean that which is foreign or that which is unrecognized.
In the kingdom of God, purity is recognized, and impurity (evil, corruption) is unrecognized. The unrecognized items must be rejected as estranged from the processes of God and His righteousness.
In 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[1] strange[2] fire[3] before the LORD, which he commanded them not."
Strange or adulterous
The Hebrew word we see translated strange which is in the phrase strange fire is zuwr (זוּר)[2] spelled with the letters ZayinVavReish. Zuwr as a verb and "primitive root word" it is primarily defined as "to be strange". But if we explore the way zuwr is translated in other verses we can see "strange woman" in Proverbs[4] because zuwr is also defined as "prostitute, harlot".
Nadab and Abihu as the sons of Aaron held a high position in the Church in the wilderness. They would eventually receive the heave offering and also deal with the wave offering. These were important to the welfare of all of Israel. The term harlot will be equated with an apostate church because of the adultery and whoredom of the nation.
Strange or oppressed
The Hebrew word zuwr translated strange is identical to another Hebrew word also spelled ZayinVavReish zuwr (זוּר) [5] but is defined as "to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out" and is translated closed, thrust … together, crush. This verb zuwr is a primitive root that can be compared to the word tsowq (צוֹק) and tsuwqah (צוקה)[6] and as a noun is defined as "constraint, distress... anguish". The noun tsowq is from the verb tsuwq (צוּק)[7] and translated distress, oppressor, and sore. It again spelled the same (TzadikVavKuf) as tsuwq (צוּק)[8] meaning "to pour out, melt".
associated with the term meaning anguish and oppression.
Fire or foundation
The word fire in the text is esh(אֵשׂ)[3] translated fire over 370 times. While it contains only two letters, the AlefShin, it is the same as the Aramaic esh(אֵשׂ)[9] translated "flame" and the adverb esh(אֵשׂ)[10] meaning "there is, there are". The letters AlefShin esh(אֵשׂ)[11] also appear three times in the Book of Ezra as an abbreviation for the word foundation[12] where it is the bases of "building the rebellious(מָרָד)[13] and the bad(evil) (בִּאוּשׁ)[14] city".
Jeremiah 6:29 "The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire(אֶשָּׁה) ‘eshshah[15] <0800 ; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away."
Numbers 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange[2] fire[3] before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
The word censor contains a double Tav.
Numbers 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange[2] fire[3] before the LORD.
Isaiah 1:7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire <0784>: your land, strangers <02114> devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers <02114>.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
In the kingdom of God, processes happen by way of using our conscience to discern that which is right and good. Using the Law of God as a basis, the process results in a decision. The goodness of the Father in heaven requires that each of His servants must likewise decide according to that which is good. If a process of conversion of an offering from its grantor to its recipient is well-pleasing to God, then it is a good process, which should be called holy fire, but anything other than that which pleases God is strange fire.
If we read in the Bible on the topic of justice, it is clear that certain things are not right and good. For example, taking bribes destroys justice. Therefore, a bribe brought to the altar of Christ is an example of strange fire.
Olah (Burnt Offering)
Minchah (Grain Offering)
Hata-at (Purification Offering or Sin Offering)
Asham (Reparation Offering)
Shelem Zevah (Peace Offering)[16]
Exodus 30:9
- ↑ 07126 ^ברק^ qarab \@kaw-rab’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 2065} AV-offer 95, (come, draw, … ) near 58, bring 58, (come, draw, … ) nigh 18, come 12, approach 10, at hand 4, presented 2, misc 13; 280
- 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near
- 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near
- 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near
- 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near
- 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present
- 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 02114 זוּר zuwr [zoor] a primitive root; v; [BDB-266a, BDB-266b] [{See TWOT on 541 }] AV-stranger 45, strange 18, estranged 4, stranger + 0376 3, another 2, strange woman 2, gone away 1, fanners 1, another place 1; 77
- 1) to be strange, be a stranger
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to become estranged
- 1a2) strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle)
- 1a3) loathsome (of breath) (participle)
- 1a4) strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton)
- 1b) (Niphal) to be estranged
- 1c) (Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to be strange, be a stranger
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 0784 אֵשׂ AlefShin ‘esh [aysh] a primitive word; n f; [BDB-77a] [{See TWOT on 172 }] AV-fire 373, burning 1, fiery 1, untranslated variant 1, fire + 0800 1, flaming 1, hot 1; 379
- 1) fire
- 1a) fire, flames
- 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)
- 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)
- 1d) altar-fire
- 1e) God’s anger (fig.)
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- 0785 אֵשׁ ‘esh (A) fire; 0786 אִשׁ ‘ish (adv) there is, there are; 0787 אשׁ ‘osh (Aramaic) foundation.
- see 0800 fire from 0784 אֵשׂ ‘esh fire -0787 foundation; 0801 burnt offering,; 0802 woman, wife, female
- See fire Hebrew letters( אוּר AlefVavReish) 0217 meaning flame, light of fire.
- 1) fire
- ↑ Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange <02114> woman<0802(אִשָּׁה) ‘ishshah. Same as 0802(אִשָּׁה) ‘ishshah an "offering... by fire"(65)>, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
- Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman <02114> drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman <02114>, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange <02114> woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
- Proverbs 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger <02114>: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger <02114>, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- ↑ 02115 זוּר zuwr [zoor] a primitive root [compare 06695 צוֹק tsowq= anguish (constraint)]; v; [BDB-266b] [{See TWOT on 543 }] AV-closed 1, thrust … together 1, crush 1; 3
- 1) (Qal) to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out
- 1a) to close up (of a wound)
- Same as 02114 זוּר zuwr = strange
- 1) (Qal) to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out
- ↑ 06695 צוֹק tsowq [tsoke] or (fem.) צוקה tsuwqah [tsoo-kaw’] from 06693 oppress; n m/n f; [BDB-848a] [{See TWOT on 1895 @@ "1895a" }] [{See TWOT on 1895 @@ "1895b" }] AV-anguish 4; 4
- n m
- 1) constraint, distress, strait
- 1a) distress, anguish (fig.)
- n f
- 2) pressure, distress
- ↑ 06693 צוּק tsuwq [tsook] a primitive root; v; [BDB-847b] [{See TWOT on 1895 }] AV-distress 5, oppressor 2, sore 1, press 1, straiten 1; 11
- 1) (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress
- ↑ 06694 צוּק tsuwq [tsook] a primitive root [identical with 06693 through the idea of narrowness (of orifice)]; v; [BDB-848a] [{See TWOT on 1896 }] AV-pour 2, molten 1; 3
- 1) (Qal) to pour out, melt
- ↑ 0785 אֵשׁ ‘esh (Aramaic) [aysh] corresponding to 0784; n f; [BDB-1083a] [{See TWOT on 2614 }] AV-flame 1; 1
- 1) fire
- ↑ 0786 אִשׁ ‘ish [eesh] identical (in origin and formation) with [[0784] fire]; adv subst; [BDB-78a] [{See TWOT on 173 }] AV-can 1, there 1; 2
- 1) there is, there are
- ↑ 0787 אשׁ ‘osh (Aramaic) [ohsh] corresponding (by transposition and abbrev.) to 0803; n m; [BDB-1083a] [{See TWOT on 2613 }] AV-foundation 3; 3
- 1) foundation
- ↑ Ezra 4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls [thereof], and joined the foundations <0787>.
- Ezra 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation <0787> of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
- Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations <0787> thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
- ↑ 04779 מָרָד marad (Aramaic) [maw-rawd’] from the same as 04776; adj; [BDB-1101b] [{See TWOT on 2840 @@ "2840b" }] AV-rebellious 2; 2
- 1) rebellious
- ↑ 0873 בִּאוּשׁ bi’uwsh (Aramaic) [be-oosh’] from 0888; n f; [BDB-1084a] [{See TWOT on 2622 @@ "2622a" }] AV-bad 1; 1
- 1) evil, bad, be evil
- ↑ 0800 אֶשָּׁה ‘eshshah [esh-shaw’] from 0784 fire; n f; [BDB-77b] [{See TWOT on 172 }] AV-fire 1; 1
- 1) fire
- ↑ 08002 ^םלשׁ^ shelem \@sheh’- lem\@ from 07999 שָׁלַם shalam to be in a covenant of peace; n m; AV-peace offerings 81, peace 6; 87
- 1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship
- 1a) voluntary sacrifice of thanks
- 07999 שָׁלַם shalam make peace; 08000 שְׁלַם shëlam finish; 08001 שְׁלָם shëlam welfare, (from 07965 שָׁלוֹם shalowm welfare, safe, health); 08002 שֶׁלֶם shelem peace offering; 08003 שָׁלֵם shalem complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole; 08004 שָׁלֵם Shalem Melchizedek's polis; 08005 שִׁלֵּם shillem recompense; 08006 שִׁלֵּם Shillem repaid; 08008 שַׂלְמָה salmah garment and 08010 שְׁלמֹה Shëlomoh which is the name of Solomon, from 07965 שָׁלוֹם shalowm translated peace 175, well 14, peaceably 9, welfare 5,
- 1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship