Torah Portion – Week 38 – 24/25
Welcome brothers and sisters to week 38 – “Korach” or Korah – which is all about the rebellion of Korah and those that joined to him. It is certainly interesting this rebellion came right after the command for tzitzit was issued…
Numbers 16:
16:1 – Korah is Moses and Aarons cousin – Verse
- Think of all Moshe has done for them…
- Sedition/Treachery hurts the worst from family and close friends – Verses
- Satan is the father of lies, sedition, treachery, deceit
- Attempting to usurp Moshe – Fruits of death – Verses
- They rejected Moses’ leadership (sedition)
- Sedition verses
- Advice concerning friends – Verses
- This movement is filled with anarchists
16:3 – Declaring our righteousness vs humility – Verses
- Gad The Seer 6 (19)
- Natsarim 4:32 (49)
16:5 – Moses corrects their incorrect thinking (YHWH determines who is holy)
16:14 – Impatience, lack of faith
16:21 – Maximum penalty about to be enforced….
16:22 – Humility, intercession – Verses
16:24 – A good and perfect judge can be reasoned with, take in information, evidence etc.
16:26 – Connection with “come out of Babylon” – Verses
- “Holydays” coming up
16:33 – Ground swallowing in the future – Verses
16:40 – Uzziah (Good king) Transgressed and became a leper (no one is above the law) – Verses
41 – How after all that??>>
16:47 – Offering incense (healed) – Verses
16:48 –Yahusha, our high priest forever, our intercessor:
Korah’s children spared – Verses
Numbers 17:
The importance of the Rod: We see a rod becoming a snake then becoming a rod again, the rod was used to turn the water into blood, which also was used to bring forth the frogs, lice, hail and locust. The rod was raised alongside the waters of the red sea to be parted, the rod was used to strike the rock to bring forth water (symbol of Yahusha).
Rod in a future context – Verses
17:5- YHWH continuing to be longsuffing….
- Fruit inspection!
17:12 – More murmuring
End (we are blessed) – Verses
Numbers 18:
Levites -> Priests -> High priest
The priesthood was for Aaron and his descendants. The High Priest, no doubt is the clear cut leader of Israel (so it holds true with Yahusha)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+tim+5%3A17-18%2C+&version=RSV
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