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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 16:16-35
Korah exalted himself in his own eyes (v. 1) But it is written, "whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased" (Luke 14:11). The Proverbs confirm this truth, so often proved right in human history: "Pride goeth before destruction . . . (Proverbs 16:18). The rebels do not have long to wait for this result. What a frightening spectacle! The earth opens under their feet; they are swallowed up alive with all that belongs to them. Moses had taken care to give warning: "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men" (v. 26), and this is evidently what the sons of Korah did. They knew they should take God’s side rather than that of their father, recognising in the latter a wicked man. Indeed, Numbers 26:11 teaches us, ". . . the children of Korah died not". We shall come across them later on as singers and composers of psalms. Amongst these, Psalms 84 contains a brief resume of their story: "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness" (v. 10 — the sons of Korah are also doorkeepers of the temple).
Children of a guilty race, we are spared, if we have believed, from a judgment still more terrible. How great is the grace of God!
