Korah

Korah was a wicked man—so much so God buried him and his followers alive. Korah’s followers were nobles of Israel.

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and on, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: (Numbers 16:1,2)

Korah was a Kohathite Levite, qualified to carry the Ark of the Covenant on the march. Yet he exemplifies the tare, the truly wicked individual.

Korah did not hear from the Lord. Korah never repented of his rebellion. Korah was without understanding of God and His ways. Korah was proud and arrogant, seeking for preeminence, as we can tell from his remarks to Moses and Aaron.

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? (Numbers 16:3)

Notice that Korah was completely without any understanding of God and His ways. This always is true of this type of individual. He knew of the Presence of God with Moses in the court of Pharaoh, crossing the Red Sea, visiting with God on the holy mountain. Did Korah have no brains at all? Was he trying to fight against God?

Did Korah really believe God would agree with him that Moses and Aaron needed to be chastised for taking too much upon themselves?

The amazing thing is that two hundred fifty famous leaders of Israel were persuaded to join Korah. No doubt this rebellion had been brewing for a long time and finally came to a head. In the beginning Satan had in mind to supplant God. Satan puts in the mind and heart of the wicked to supplant God’s chosen leaders. The wicked do not hear from God as do God’s leaders.

They see no wrong in themselves, only in others, just as Korah chose to accuse Moses and Aaron. They are totally without understanding—they cannot see what is in front of them. They cannot think clearly. They are proud and arrogant, seeking to supplant, seeking to be preeminent.

These are the tares, the wicked, the destroyers of the work of God. They have been active from the beginning. Their destiny is to worship God at the feet of the true saints, and then to be destroyed in the flames unless they repent.

Such shall never inherit the Kingdom of God. One such individual if permitted in the Kingdom would destroy everything of value. Why? Because he would be seeking to do what he thought was right without hearing from God. He soon would gain a large following, and would finally attack the true leaders that God had chosen.

One such tare would wreck Paradise for himself and everyone else!

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