Numbers 16
1 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:
2 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:
3 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?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
Are you discontented with what God has entrusted to you? The earth swallowed Korah up and he and those with him went straight to hell. Korah was a Levite but there was poison in his heart and he influenced other Levites as well. Was being a Levite a task to look down upon? No. God chose him to bring incense to God and Korah was of high regard among the tribe of Israel, but that wasn’t enough for him. He wanted to snatch the priesthood from Moses and Aaron.
A certain woman spoke in tongues and her husband was very impressed with it. He called Rev Stegen to witness her spirituality. Ironically, the Christians couldn’t understand what she said but a complete heathen girl understood and translated what she said. Her “gift” of tongues wasn’t from God. What happened was that this woman wasn’t satisfied with what God had given to her and she wanted to speak in tongues like someone else. Eventually she got what she wanted but it wasn’t from God but from the devil.
Two hundred and fifty men died with Korah and later when the other Israelites complained about those who were killed, many of them died on the spot. It was even worse than when Korah rebelled.
Do not side with a person who has gone wrong, or you will be destroyed with him. Handle with great care what God has given to you. David was an insignificant herdsboy, but God chose him to be king over Israel. He was a man after God’s heart.