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... Shall there be Evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?”- Amos 3:6... Evil [pain], and Suffering
are God's most precious gifts to mankind, as most men will refuse to turn to God [in repentance]
unless they have been touched by great pain and suffering. As is written: “… for only when you come
in judgment on the Earth to punish it will people turn away from wickedness and do what is right”-
Isaiah 26:9, Living Bible
Scripture teaches that the man who lures other people away from Moses (in other words, away from
God’s 10 commandments) digs his own pit, and will end up being devoured by fire
God’s Law records the story of two different men who refused to follow Moses: The first one was Moses
father-in-law (“Hobab”, also know as “Jethro”); while the second one was Korah (Moses cousin).
Concerning Hobab, Scripture says the following: «AND MOSES SAID UNTO HOBAB, the son of Raguel
the Midianite, Moses' father in law, “We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it
you’: COME THOU WITH US, AND WE WILL DO THEE GOOD: for
the Lord hath spoken good
concerning Israel”. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, “I WILL NOT GO; BUT I WILL DEPART TO MINE
OWN LAND, AND TO MY KINDRED… And Moses let his father in law depart; AND HE WENT HIS
WAY INTO HIS OWN LAND”»- Numbers 10:29-30, & Exodus 18:27 (KJV).
But with regards to Korah, it is said the following: “NOW KORAH, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, AND DATHAN AND ABIRAM… TOOK MEN: AND THEY ROSE UP BEFORE MOSES,
WITH certain of
the children of Israel, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRINCES OF THE ASSEMBLY…
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AND THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH, AND SWALLOWED THEM UP… They, and all that
appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, AND THE EARTH CLOSED UPON THEM… AND
THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD, AND CONSUMED THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MEN…”- Numbers 16:1-2, & 32-35.
Why were Jethro and his associates allowed to depart in peace to their own land [and people], while Korah
and his followers were not only removed from the midst of their people, but were even forced to go down to
the pit, and be consumed by Fire? Well, in order understand the answer
to the former question, we must first
consider the Bible verse that goes on to say: “Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein...”- Proverbs 26:27. In
the former verse, the Hebrew word translated as “whose diggeth” is “Koreh”. But since the Hebrew used
during Bible times was originally written with no vowels, the words “Korah” and “Koreh” were essentially
the same.
In other words, Scripture hints at the fact that, whosoever opposes Moses (“Korah”), diggeth his
own pit (“Koreh”)!
But why didn’t Jethro suffer the same fate as Korah? If he didn’t, it was in order to teach that God doesn’t
force anyone to follow Moses [nor does He force us to become part of the physical Nation of Israel]. The fact
is that, if Korah and his followers were not pleased with Moses spiritual leadership, they could have simply
walked away from it [just as Jethro and his associates had formerly done]. If Korah was punished, it was only
because he chose to play the same role played by “The serpent of Eden”; in other words, Korah used
deception and demagoguery (moral relativism) in order to undermine Moses prophetic ministry and inflame
the passions of
the Hebrew people, that they might rally against Moses and turn away from obeying the word
of God brought by the latter.
As is written: “AND THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST MOSES and against
Aaron, AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE TAKE TOO MUCH UPON YOU, seeing ALL THE
CONGREGATION ARE HOLY, EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THE LORD IS AMONG THEM:
WHEREFORE THEN LIFT YE UP YOURSELVES ABOVE THE CONGREGATION of the Lord?… But
on the morrow ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MURMURED AGAINST
MOSES AND AGAINST AARON, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord! And
it came to pass, when
THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON, that they looked
toward the tabernacle of the congregation...”- Numbers 16:3, & 41-42
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