“An Entirely New Thing”

February 29, 2020

“An Entirely New Thing”

Blessings folk!

The congregation was warned to back away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

Then…

Num 16:25-33

Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,

and he spoke to the congregation, saying,
“Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them,
or you will be swept away in all their sin.”

So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram;
and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents,
along with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

Moses said,
“By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these deeds;
for this is not my doing.

“If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men,
then the LORD has not sent me.

“But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol,
then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD.”

As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households,
and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.

So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol;
and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Well, there ya go…

Moses knew something would happen.
The Lord must have…

  1. Told him that He would judge by opening the ground, or
  2. Told Moses that He would do according to the word of Moses.

Regardless, judgment came.

Moses/Aaron were confirmed/affirmed/verified as leader from the Lord.

The Lord did “an entirely new thing”, something never known before.

The ground opened up.
It swallowed alive all those who rebelled, as well as their families.
Know that sin impacts folk.
They descended alive into Sheol - the netherworld.
Usually access to Sheol only occurs upon death.

So much for this group of rebellious leadership.

Now, for the others…

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