Numbers 16:1-24
Lorah, Dathan, Aniram and other 250 Israelites men, well-known community leaders challenged the leadership of Moses and Aaron. They said the community is holy, everyone of them, and the Lord is with them. Everyone is equal before the Lord.
Moses humbled himself, he fell face down, and he said, "In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him.
Moses also said to Korah 'you Levites! Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord's tabernacle , but now you are trying to get the priesthood too. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?
Moses summoned them, but they said they will not come!
Moses once again cried out to the Lord when the Lord planned to put and end to those people at once.
Korah's grievance is Aaron's monopoly of the priesthood.
Dathan and Abiram challenge Moes on the grounds of high-handedness and his failure to bring them into the promised land. But at root the arrack is on God, ad it is God who puts the rebellion down.
God accepts the truth of Moses and Aaron plea, spareing the people.
Why?
Those three men and the leaders of Israelites were asked the equal right before the Lord, it is they don't like the leader of Moses, actually they grumbled again the Lord.
Moses didnot argu with them but facedown and cried to the Lord, meanwhile Moese said to those people what they have done wrong.
When the Lord was angry to put an end of those people, Moses pray for them to the Lord, asked for the mercy from the Lord. This is the love and wide heart of a great leader.
How?
Everyone has the same right to live and equal opportunity to accept the salvation, equal love to us, but it is not everyone has the same right or get the same position to serve the Lord. Everyone gets the different gift from the Lord. But serve the Lord with our gift to complete the integraty of the Lord's plan is our responsibility and please to the Lord.
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