What is the most dangerous place that you can imagine being? I have been looking at a passage recently in Num 16:41-48, which takes place directly after the rebellion of Korah. The Israelites were grumbling against Most and Aaron, claiming that they had been responsible for killing the families of Korah, Dathan and Abiram – who the Israelites described as “the people of the Lord” (Num 16:41). In response to these baseless accusations, the glory of the Lord appeared over the tent of meeting and God told Moses, “Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” (Num 16:45). God had promised judgement on the people, and this came almost instantaneously in the form of a plague. It’s not quite clear what this plague was exactly or what it looked like, but it seems that it started in one area and was spreading rapidly and visibly. And in the midst of it, one person was running – but he was running the wrong way. Aaron took a censer with fire from the alt...
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