{"id":1068,"date":"2012-06-17T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/bblog2\/client\/index.cfm\/2012\/6\/17\/Parashat-Korach-Do-I-have-a-rebellious-spirit-before-God"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:23:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:23:03","slug":"parashat-korach-do-i-have-a-rebellious-spirit-before-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/parashat-korach-do-i-have-a-rebellious-spirit-before-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Korach, Do I have a rebellious spirit before God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Place some text here to wrap near image --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;In this week&rsquo;s reading from Parashat Korach in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 16:1-17:15<\/em><\/span>, Korach, Datan, and Aviram rose up and assembled themselves against Moshe and against Aharon and questioned whether their role as priests was really the will of God (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d1&nbsp;&nbsp; \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05bb\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd<\/em><\/span>).&nbsp; Two hundred and fifty men went to offer incense by fire before the Lord.&nbsp; As a result, the entire assemble of men died by fire that proceeded from the Lord God because of their sin.&nbsp; The entire camp of Korach, Datan, and Aviram were also swallowed up in the earth going down to the grave alive.&nbsp; After these things, the congregation (sons of Yisrael) complained against Moshe and Aharon and a plague broke out in their midst.&nbsp; Moshe told Aharon to take a censor filled with burning incense and stand in the gap between the dead and the living.&nbsp; As we study the reading for this week, the children of Yisrael persisted in a rebellious Spirit against Moshe, Aharon, and God.&nbsp; What can we learn about having a rebellious spirit before God that applies to our lives today?&nbsp; The people did not appear to understand that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>1 Samuel 15:23<\/em><\/span>).&nbsp; The peoples response over the death of Korach, Datan, and Aviram is recorded in <em>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 17:6<\/em> in the Hebrew translation and <em>16:41<\/em> in the English translation <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d5&nbsp;&nbsp; \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b7\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b3\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05df \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4:<\/em> <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">16:41 But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, &lsquo;You are the ones who have caused the death of the Lord&#8217;s people.&rsquo;&nbsp; (NASB)<\/span><\/em>&nbsp; The second sin of rebellion causes the Lord to say <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d4\u05b5\u05e8\u05b9\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd<\/em><\/span> <em>&ldquo;<\/em><em>part from the midst of the congregation so that I can consume them.&rdquo;<\/em>&nbsp; Rebellion and having a rebellious spirit before the Lord is certain death.&nbsp; Does your spirit today exhibit aspects of rebellion like Yisrael?&nbsp; This week we will see that it is very important we root out any and all forms of rebellion in our lives.&nbsp; All forms of rebellion causes sin before the Lord especially those of the thoughts of our hearts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/2011-2012\/Parashat%20Korach%20_2011-2012_.pdf\"> Read more here. <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;In this week&rsquo;s reading from Parashat Korach in Bamidbar \/ Numbers 16:1-17:15, Korach, Datan, and Aviram rose up and assembled themselves against Moshe and against Aharon and questioned whether their role as priests was real&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}