Why did God strike Uzzah dead for touching the Ark of the Covenant? | GotQuestions.org

Why did God kill Uzzah for touching the Ark of the Covenant? In the story of Uzzah and the Ark of the Covenant, why was it wrong to tough the Ark? Who was Uzzah, and what is the story of Uzzah in the Bible? In this video, Pastor Nelson with Bible Munch answers the question, “Why did God strike Uzzah dead for touching the Ark of the Covenant?”
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[@Capricia313]

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[@sheelasimon5669]

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[@volylatimer]

im currently in the book of chronicles on this chapter and had to stop and look up why uzzah died for "trying to help". thank you so much. you explained it perfectly!

[@gentleall]

I appreciate this lesson because I don't remember it having been explained thoroughly, even with multiple Pastors' teaching. And yes, the Church teaching of the "Scriptures" does appear to be slipping in understanding and teaching skills, so I have the need to cross reference, which has brought me to videos like this one. Thanks Pastor! :)

[@leroybrown9143]

Uzzah died for the same reason Aaron's sons died, because the Lord had warned, "I will be treated as holy by those who approach me and before all the people I will be honored" Lev 10:3, Amplified translation. If you are told a certain action will result in death and you engage in that action anyway your death is not "harsh," it's expected, that's why you were forewarned. The church, like Aaron's sons and Uzzah, demonstrate an irreverence for the holiness of God for which there is no excuse, like those before us, we have all been warned, God is who He is, God IS holy, therefore, the result of disrespecting His holiness is not harsh, it's expected. Most people display a healthy respect for high voltage and high places, when someone approaches either carelessly and looses his life no person of reason describes the outcome as harsh, electricity and gravity are what they are and their natures are effectively immutable, you must respect their nature or die. God is infinitely above both and His eternal nature is, thankfully, infinitely immutable. God must be approached with trepidation through Christ, not by just putting your filthiness to Him as though you are of like nature, as Uzzah did, and wasn't, and neither are any of us. This is why God has withdrawn physically from us, this is why Jesus set aside His glory to live among us, because at a fundamental level, all of us are like Uzzah, having a certain irreverence for the eternal holiness of God and expecting Him to change His nature and become defiled as we are defiled so that we can approach Him in our filth without ramification. This is why all of us fall short of the glory of God and require a savior that cannot come short and is alone fit to enter the presence of God bodily, being in the flesh the same nature as God because He IS God.

[@johnmeikle1477]

Sir, Every time I have a question, you seem to answer it in your messages. Like last nights question/statement " oh wouldn't it be nice to under stand god" I knew that I wouldn't understand. And you reaffirmed it. Thank you again for all that you helped me to understand the bible.

[@gaositwemabuela6806]

Makes sense, thank you for your faithfulness

[@Goinghome2024]

Uzzah mean strength. If you depend on your own human strength, you will end up dead. God wants us to depend on his strength and not our own strength. Another example is Cain and Abel. Cain depended on his own strength to produce fruits as offering to God but God rejected his offering. But Abel brought an innocent lamb which is a picture of Jesus as an offering to God and God accepted it.

[@eddiejauregui6607]

Thank you for expounding on this passage. Clear and concise.

[@gracepilditch9388]

This is so helpful thank you!

[@AMcho]

Fantasticm! Thank you for answering this question. I had just read this a few days ago and didn't know how to explain it to my daughter.

[@emeraldelnas4833]

These videos are a great help!

[@primetime0104]

i was reading this off of your website, found it to be very in-depth.

[@channagraham8553]

Wonderfully explained!! Grateful God is ever present to have others helping understand. Thanks be to a holy, Almighty God. And..Thank you!

[@ItsFranklin7]

this was well explained. thank you

[@ManoloVintage]

You nailed it! Great job. 👍 I just want to add... Yes Ahio and Uzzah forgot the holiness it represented and so did Saul. This is the reason David met together with everyone suggesting that they move the ark to his house since it's been under Saul's household who turned away from God. Ahio and Uzzah were from Saul's side who have been turning away from God throughout Saul's rule and the Ark was in thier fathers house. When Uzzah and Ahio decided not to carry the Ark themselves, as Levites are supposed to do, they came up with the idea of putting it on a "New cart" pulled by Oxen. This act was a continuation of turning away from God and His ways He has laid out just as they have been doing since under Saul's rule. This turning away from God is the very reason the Ark was leaving their house to go to David's! When Uzzah touched it God had enough at that point. God was patient with everyone disobeying Him under Saul's rule but when David took over vowing to follow God's ways everyone should have checked themselves and straightened up.

[@ayushijena4805]

Thank you so much 😊

[@SweetNiqueTV]

This is good! God bless you

[@duchesscate7817]

Thanks for the enlightenment. When I read 1 Chronicles 13 I can not help myself from questioning God why He struck down Uzzah when his intention was innocent.

[@murphmane7804]

Just went through that now after seeing that but it makes sense now even though it was kinda bold

[@kecoding1622]

Excellent explaination....we must see God as who he is - Holy.

[@ChasingChrist]

Thank you

[@jballday1270]

Thank you Jesus. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light

[@Sdg1676]

Good

[@kvelez]

3:12 Great reference.

[@andreacampe8165]

Uzzah was trying to do good by saving the the ark

[@heavenlysongs7307]

Hello Pastor Nelson I'm Indian and I want these videos in Hindi Please can you do something?

[@shinnok5337]

Thank you for pointing out that the oxen stumbled and not the ark itself. I remember watching a television series-based off King David in the Bible and in it the ark was about to fall off the cart and uzzah caught it and pushed it back on to the cart but died as he was doing so and it makes the Lord look bad because if the ark was falling, then what was Uzzah supposed to do, let it hit the ground?(God wouldn't have allowed the ark to fall anyway) Also, to mention, later on when David heard word of what happened, instead of being angry at himself for not following the Lord's orders about the ark as the as Bible says, it made it seem that David was angry at God for killing an innocent man or at least that's what I remember of it anyway. It's one of the main reasons why we need to be careful what we watch on television when it concerns the Bible because it can lead us astray and make us believe things about God and his word that aren't true.

[@andreacampe8165]

That would had happen to me if try to save it

[@robertferris9090]

The Ark of the Covenant falling onto the ground, in the mud and muck is still of much higher respect than any human (ALL of us are sinners and unclean) touching the most Holy. Fear the Lord and repent and humble yourself before Him. He promises to lift you and love you in new ways.

[@edgaruribe856]

I heard this Uzzah try to keep the ark from getting dirty as if his hands where cleaner then the mud

[@alephtav7344]

THANK YOU LORD YOU LET ME SEE YOU, YOU LET ME WALK INTO WILDERNESS THE DESERT OF TESTING BEFORE I SAW YOU AND HEARED TOUR VOICE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TOLD ME YOU LOVE ME, YOUR WORDS MADE ME FILLED EVEN THE GREAT ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY AGAINST MY FAITH IN YOU MADE ME STRONG AND ALWAYS CALL YOUR NAME INSTEAD TO DOUBT AND FEAR THEM.. THANK YOU JESUS I HAVE WALK , TOUCHED YOUR FACE, AND HUGGED YOU AS YOUR CHILD EVEN IT IS IS SPIRITUAL REAL YOU LET ME KNOW IT WAS REAL BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LORD OF SPIRITS AND YOU MOVE AND WORK IN PHYSICAL WORLD AND MORE IN SPIRITUAL REALM.. YOU OPENED MY EYES INTO MYSTERY OF YOUR HOLY KINGDOM.. LORD KEEP US BE MORE FILLED BY WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT , STAY FAITHFUL TO YOU WITH HOLY FEAR. THANK YOU AVAH YAHOSHUWAH YAHWEH EL SHADDAI. MY LORD , KING AVAH AND GOD YOU COVER US WITH YOUR HOLY BLOOD YOUR HOLY COVENANT FOR US.. IN JESUS NAME AMEN

[@jorgequintanillare]

It makes more sense to think that the Yahweh that is mentioned here is not referring to God, our creator and Lord, but to an ET (an Elohim). These are memories of extraterrestrial encounters. God wouldn’t do such thing, but an ET that’s ruthless would. This sounds crazy to me, but I’ve been digesting this paradigm shift for weeks now.

[@robertdouglas8895]

"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love." When should we quit loving God and fear Him? When will God stop loving us and punish us?

[@bishalkarlov4916]

God is love only in name but same God murdered innocent for holding the ark before it fall off.

[@mamamcfreeman105]

I just read this last night. Still seems really contradictory to God in the New Testament. We just have to trust God was justified.

[@augustindoss9584]

Actually covenant keep in Uzzah house for 3 years..... God not kill anyone..... when it's shifted it's happening.....why??? Something other reasons....

[@sunnyjohnson992]

The Ark of the Covenant was being transported to Jerusalem in a cattle-drawn cart, contrary to the divine outlined procedure, being carried on the Levites shoulders by means of acacia-wood poles. (Numbers 7:9) Uzzah reaching out to grab hold of the Ark to steady it, was a presumptuous act and resulted in his death. He knew better because the Law specified that it was not to be touched by unauthorized individuals, explicitly warning that violators would be punished by death!

[@lovethelordjesuspraisethel3286]

Now Isn't a Real Church has to also Teach the Old Testament along with the New Testament.. when I do Whoa, I see Before Jesus Christ came.. The Power.. HOLY GOD IS.. LOVE HUGS PRAYERS..We MUST Pray for these Nowadays People doing what is Right IS Wrong by GOD and What is wrong made right Against GOD.. 🙏🙏🙏🤟❣

[@vicsixith2956]

It shocked him. Do some research.

[@sheelasimon5669]

Malayalam

[@michaelroach2401]

He struck him dead because he disobeyed Him, dishonoring Him in the sight of all Israel.

[@cl20v87]

I think RC Sproul put it best, it was the sin of presumption. The ark was gonna fall in the mud and he wanted to stop it from getting dirty, but presumed his hands was cleaner the mud. The mud committed no sin/rebellion against God. The mud is exactly what it was created for. Water hits dirt it becomes mud, it follows the ordinance. MAN is the only thing/creation that has gone against the order God has laid out. Also makes me think of the Idol of stone that fell before the Ark and broke into pieces. These stones and wood carvings have done nothing and are not evil in and of themselves, it’s the hands of man the crafted them for wicked purposes

[@PiltdownSuperman]

Something else I've speculated is that we don't know Uzzah's state of mind, and he may have had pride in himself but also contempt. "Gotta move that old thing..."

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

There isn't anything to speculate on. The context is clear that Uzzah's intent was to keep the ark from falling on the cart. His intentions were perfectly innocent.

[@PiltdownSuperman]

@@decepticonxhunter4850 We don't know his intentions were "perfectly innocent".

[@nsikandominicrobinson1092]

TRUE SIR

[@longjohn140]

*gets a clone to touch it* get out played god I still touched it and lived

[@MandAUDIO]

A arca ficou na casa dele um tempo porque provisoriamente não tinha lugar melhor para guardar e ele se achou no direito de ultrapassar os limites do privilégio que a família dele recebeu, como não levita ele jamais deveria se aproximar da presença de Jeová porque suas mãos eram impuras e sua alma era cheia de pecado assim como a nossa. Jeová tornava santo os filhos de Arão para a atividade (Jeová usou a família dos levitas para repor os filhos dos judeus que foram preservados quando o anjo de Jeová matou os filhos dos egípcios nas pragas do Êxodo. Nos nossos dias apenas o corpo Governante das Testemunhas de Jeová pode se aproximar como vigias escolhidos dentre os filhos da terra para oferecer sacrifícios dos lábios ao grande espírito Jeová dos exércitos em favor da raça humana como membros do Israel de DEUS

[@SilverMoonCrystalPower]

I understand that Uzzah was struck down because of disobedience. I know what I'm about to ask isn't the point of the story/passage, but does this mean Uzzah is not saved and didn't go to Heaven?

[@asahelnettleton9044]

Not necessarily. God is holy. Uzzah wasn't. He was struck dead for touching the holy object associated with God's immediate presence without a mediator. There is a greater lesson in the tabernacle and its furnishings beyond the mere items themselves. God's holiness and our sinfulness means that we cannot approach God without a mediator. In the new covenant, we have such a mediator - Jesus Christ. Uzzah's eternal state isn't the point of the story.

[@judithmargret5972]

If we understand the Bible, we know that salvation is eternal, and cannot be lost by anything we do.

[@asahelnettleton9044]

@@SecretAgentBeans There's nothing you can do about it as he's been dead for thousands of years. You should be concerned about those who still live. Regarding Uzzah, as the text doesn't tell us what his eternal state was, all we can do is speculate.

[@Tanesha835]

Thanks Jeng for asking this question. I was wondering the same thing.

[@chasehedges6775]

Because he disobeyed God

[@rubenmedina9156]

Why did God strike Uzzah dead for touching the Ark of the Covenant? because U - zzahll never touch the holy things... sorry bad joke, but i don´t speak english so i am practicing my joking hability with the bible and humor

[@johnman8554]

he has been dirty... but everyone was.. because of fallen state.. and even today without receiving Jesus cant have clean heart.. scriptural, Biblical Jesus.. i dont understand how can someone accept Jesus and reject the all Words from God as if Holy Spirit would not lead him into whole truth.. for example you reject that who speak in UKNOWN language which NOBODY understands.. how in the Gods name could that mean language which people speak if NOBODY understands it?? or for example how can you say you believe but somehow you created your own faith?.. How in Gods name man creates faith??. i just don't understand how can someone interpret the Word so ilogically and without any reason and sense and yet being born again and led in whole truth by Holy Spirit.. i dont know what that is.. honestly i have no idea.

[@enigma2128]

Uzzah killed himself

[@judithmargret5972]

I have heard it explained this way before that Uzzah thought it was his responsibility to save the integrity of God. I don't agree, it was an automatic reaction that Uzzah touched the Ark to steady it, no real thought goes into it. The fault ultimately lay with David, for his irreverence in moving the ark this way, as God had explicitly instructed them how to move the ark. God couldn't compromise his holiness, thus the punishment t