Burnt Offerings, Sacrifice and Life (3:183 – 3:184)

3:183 It is they who said, “GOD has made a covenant with us that we shall not believe in any messenger, unless he produces an offering that gets consumed by fire.” Say, “Messengers before me have come to you with clear proofs, including what you just demanded. Why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?”

3:184 If they reject you, messengers before you have been rejected, even though they brought proofs, the Psalms, and the enlightening scripture.

A burnt offering in Judaism (Hebrew: קָרְבַּן עוֹלָה, korban olah), is a form of sacrifice first described in the Hebrew Bible. The term is first used of the sacrifices of Noah. In the First Temple and Second Temple period the burnt offering was a twice-daily animal sacrifice offered on the altar in the temple in Jerusalem that was completely consumed by fire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_offering_%28Judaism%29

2 Chronicles 7

The Dedication of the Temple

1. When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2. The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it. 3. When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.”