Today we begin Numbers Chapter Seventeen. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “Adonai said to Moshe, ‘Tell Elazar the son of Aharon the Cohen to remove the fire pans from the fire, and scatter the smoldering coals at a distance, because they have become holy‘.”-Numbers 17:1-2 In our study […]

There is another foundational God-principle demonstrated in the story of Korah and the rebellious rascals who joined him. What do you think it might be? Let me give you some hints by pulling a few key verses from this chapter. First, read this verse: “Is it for you a mere trifle that the God of […]

The story of the rebels Korah, Datan and Aviram reveals the complete falsehood of one of the most popular teachings the Christian church has ever perpetuated on the masses. I’m talking about the teaching known as “Eternal Security“. The idea of “Eternal Security” is that once you’re grafted into Israel through your faith in the […]

“So they and everything they owned went down alive into Sheol, the earth closed over them and their existence in the community ceased.”-Numbers 16:33 In Numbers 16:33, we’re told that when the ground opened up and swallowed the rebels, they went down to SHEOL. SHEOL is the Hebrew word for the place of the dead […]

“Then fire came out from Adonai and destroyed the 250 men who had offered the incense.”-Numbers 16:35 We’ve just got done studying how the earth swallowed up Datan, Aviram, their families and all the men who sided with them. The Scriptural description of this account is as succinct as it is sobering. It simply says, […]