![]() To lead His people Israel, God had selected men of His own choosing. ![]() Just like Korah, today’s false teachers disregard God’s plan and are insubordinate to God’s appointed authorities. The characteristics of false teachers within the church include pride, selfishness, jealousy, greed, lust for power, and disregard for the will of God. Some 1,500 years later, Jude records a strong warning about such men who come into the church as false teachers, arrogating to themselves the authority of God and His Word: “Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion” (Jude 1:11, emphasis added). In the end, 14,700 Israelites had died (Numbers 16:41-50). However, Moses and Aaron interceded for the rebels and averted a complete catastrophe. The following day, instead of being convinced that God had vindicated Moses and Aaron, the congregation began complaining that they had “killed the LORD’s people.” For this act of rebellion, God threatened to destroy the whole congregation and sent a plague among them. The rest of the Israelites were terrified and fled (Numbers 16:31-35). Furthermore, “fire came out from the LORD” and consumed the other 250 men who were party to Korah’s rebellion. Korah and his followers did not pass the test, and God opened up the earth and swallowed the rebels, their families, and all their possessions. Moses proposed a test to prove the source of his authority. But by leading this revolt against God’s divinely appointed leaders, Korah was actually revolting against God (Numbers 16:11). Obviously, Korah thought that he could do a better job leading the people than Moses was doing. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?” (Numbers 16:3). He gathered 250 other men to challenge Moses’ authority as well: “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. ![]() He led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, accusing them of exalting themselves above the congregation of the Lord (Numbers 16:1-3). Korah, then, was of the same tribe as Moses and Aaron. Korah was the oldest son of Izhar, who was the son of Kothath of the tribe of Levi. The rebellion of Korah demonstrates the grim consequences of usurping the authority of God and of those whom He has chosen to be leaders of His people. The story of the rebellion of Korah is recorded in Numbers 16. ![]()
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