Korach, Who Can Stand Before Jealousy? Torah: Numbers Haftarah: I Samuel Shlichim: II Corinthians

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1 Torah: Numbers Haftarah: I Samuel Shlichim: II Corinthians

2 Torah Outline: Numbers The rebellion of Korach. He wants equal authority to Aaron. Numbers The people complain about Korach s destruction. The people are plagued.

3 Torah Outline: Numbers : Aaron s rod: The people grumble, because of the punishment of Korach, Dathan and Abiram. God demonstrates his choice of Kohen. Numbers The Kohen s Duties and Portions Given in relation to the rebellion of the people.

4 Haftarah Outline: I Samuel Saul confirmed as king After the victory over Nahash the Ammonite

5 Haftarah Outline: I Samuel Samuel rebukes the people for the sin of asking for a king. They witness that Samuel has NOT taken anything from anyone. God sends rain in harvest to show their sin. In spite of the sin God will be with them if they and their king continue to follow God.

6 Shlichim Outline: II Corinthians Paul explains how that God is the one who decides if our work is acceptable or not.

7 Korach was envious, and wanted to be like Moses and Aaron. He accused Moses and Aaron of exalting themselves. Num 16:3 TLV They assembled against Moses and Aaron. They said to them, You ve gone too far! All the community is holy all of them and Adonai is with them! Then why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Adonai?

8 What was it about Aaron that made Korach jealous? Num 16:8-11 TLV Moses also said to Korah, Listen now, sons of Levi! (9) Isn t it enough that the God of Israel has set you apart from the community of Israel to bring you near to Him to do the work of the Tabernacle of Adonai and to stand before the community to minister to them? (10) So He brought you close, along with all your fellow sons of Levi. But you are seeking the priesthood, too! (11) Therefore you and all your following are banding together against Adonai! Who then is Aaron that you are grumbling against him?

9 He was envious/jealous of Aaron and Moses Pro 27:4 TLV Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? Exo 20:17 TLV Do not covet your neighbor s house, your neighbor s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor s. Psa 73:1-3 TLV A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the pure in heart. (2) But as for me, my feet almost slipped. My steps nearly slid out from under me. (3) For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

10 His temptation was like Lucifer s Isa 14:12-14 TLV How you have fallen from heaven, O daystar (Lucifer), son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the earth, you who made the nations prostrate! (13) You said in your heart: I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north. (14) I will ascend above the high places of the clouds I will make myself like Elyon.

11 The design of God s worship was to prevent everyone doing what was was right in his own eyes. Deu 12:1-8 TLV These are the statutes and ordinances that you are to make sure to do in the land that Adonai, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. (2) You must utterly destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess served their gods on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. (3) You are to tear down their altars, smash their pillars, burn their Asherah poles in the fire and cut down the carved images of their gods, and you are to obliterate their name from that place.

12 (4) You are not to act like this toward Adonai your God. (5) Rather you are to seek only the place Adonai your God chooses from all your tribes to put His Name to dwell there you will come. (6) There you are to bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, your vow and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. (7) There you and your households will eat before Adonai your God and rejoice in every undertaking of your hand, as Adonai your God has blessed you. (8) You will not do all the things as we are doing here today everyone doing what is right in his own eyes.

13 Paul warned against doing what Korach did: 2Co 10:12-18 TLV For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they have no understanding. (13) But we will not boast beyond limits, but within the limits of the area that God has assigned to us to reach even as far as you. (14) We are not extending ourselves too far, as if we did not reach you for we did come even as far as to you with the Good News of Messiah. (15) Neither are we boasting beyond limits based on the labors of others, but we have hope while your faith is growing for our area among you to be greatly enlarged

14 (16) so that we may proclaim the Good News even to regions beyond you, not boasting about what has been accomplished in another s area. (17) But let him who boasts boast in the Lord. (18) For it Is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.