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Continue in the Scripture record: "And when Moses heard
it he fell upon his face: and he spoke unto Korah, and unto all
his company, saying, Even tomorrow the Eternal will show who are
his, and who is holy; ..."
The following day, "And it came to pass, as he (Moses) had
made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave
asunder that was under them (the dissenters): And the earth
opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all
the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They ...
went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them; and
they perished from among the congregation" (verses 31-33).
That is to warn us today: "Now all these things happened
unto them for ensamples: and they were written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (I Cor. 10:11-12).
Let us pray earnestly that others shall not perish,
spiritually, among the dissenters today. Their death could be
ETERNAL EXTINCTION -- Korah will be resurrected.
But even before this, Aaron and his sister (the prophetess
Miriam) had accused Moses. See Numbers 12:
"And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman. And they said, hath the Eternal indeed spoken
only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Eternal
heard it. ... And the Eternal came down in the pillar of the cloud,
and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and
Miriam: and they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words.
If there be a prophet among you, I the Eternal will make myself
known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in a dream. My
servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With
him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark
speeches; and the similitude of the Eternal shall he behold:
wherefore, then, were ye NOT AFRAID to speak against my servant
Moses? And the anger of the Eternal was kindled against them: and
he departed. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and,
behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: ..."
When people criticize and accuse one whom GOD has chosen
and set over them, it is not the human servant, but GOD they are
accusing.
In the days of Samuel, the people of Israel rejected GOD
as their real Ruler, ruling through such humans as HE chose, as
at that time, God was ruling through Samuel. They demanded a MAN
to be their king. God gave them Saul, who rebelled against God.
Then God gave them David, a man after His own heart. Still it was
government FROM THE TOP DOWN!
That is God's PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT. It's the SAME TODAY
in His Church! He says, "I CHANGE NOT!" (Mal. 3:6.)
Now come to the NEW TESTAMENT.