When Sin & Uncleanness causes You To Find Yourself Outside The Presence & Purpose of Yah’s Perfect Purpose for Your Life; What do you DO!?!

In The Torah portion for this week is “Korach (Baldness- Korah …).” There are four men named Korah in the Bible, but the most famous is Korah, son of Izhar, and the cousin of Moses and Aaron, who claimed that since he also was a great-grandson of Levi and thought that he too should be allowed to draft Law. The result of this action rewarded him and 250 other rebellious leaders with a permanent home in Sheol (Numbers 16:1). In the Greek New Testament the name Korah appears only in the epistle letter written by Jude. In his letter he declares men who revile things they do not understand to persist in the rebellion of Korah (Jude 1:11, spelled Κορε Kore).

The Levitical sub-class "sons of Korah" or "Korahites" (קרחי) are descendants of the famous cousin (Exodus 6:24). They were not executed along with their father (Numbers 26:11) and became gatekeepers (1 Chronicles 26:19), soldiers (1 Chronicles 12:6), and musicians (having written an untold number of Psalms, eleven of which are extant and Canonized — see Psalm 42 to Psalm 88).

Besides the famous Korah, there are three more Korahs mentioned in the Bible:

• A son of Esau and Oholibamah the Hivite (Genesis 36:5).
• A grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:16).
• A son of Hebron (1 Chronicles 2:43).

KORACH (Baldness- קֹרַח)

Kooph-קֹ

Sun on the horizon- condense, circle, time

Resh- רַ

Head of the man- First, Top, Beginning

Chet-ח

Tent wall- Outside, Divided, Half

Each one of us are individually designed for greatness within the perfect plan of God. Understanding this and how we are to function is the first step towards becoming one with Him. After this the wisdom of God will begin to direct us in how to cooperate with others in accomplishing His macro plan. Korach did not concern himself with the macro plan of God. He only accepted his spiritual gifting as a tool in which to compare himself to Moses. This short sightedness became an open door for the Spirit of Occultism. He first took his eyes off God thereby breaking the first commandment. From there the spirit of Jealousy had ample opportunity to execute it’s fatal blow upon him which effected 250 other leaders in the congregation. Hmmm!?! The question is … what can we learn from this object lesson?

The answer to this problem is found within his name. God named him Korach which should have helped to stabilize his obedience to God on a daily basis. The first letter of his name refers to the time each day that he was to be before God in order to synchronize his plan with God’s for that day. This letter also gives the exact timing of when this should have been done, “from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same (Psalms 113:3 KJV)”. The next letter represent the authority and responsibility of those who are the head of their home. He was therefore daily held responsible for this act of holy service unto God. Each day in which he failed to execute this obligation he began drifting off course without recognizing the error of his ways. The last consonant of his name is Chet which is the end result of what his disobedience did to him, his house and to the 250 other leaders and their homes; which was dividing them from those who were holy and casting them permanently outside the camp.

See Yah This Sabbath ... Much love in Yahushua!

Rabbi John Wesley A. PhD & Pastor Martha
Congregation Beth Hashem in Durham & Greenville NC