TEACHING SCRIPT PREVIEW! ...for feedback before video publication... "The Return of Korah" THE RETURN OF KORAH In Numbers 16, we learn of the rebellion of Korah. The Korah rebellion is a rather serious type and shadow of those who reject the leadership authority and priesthood role of Yeshua our messiah. It is a type and shadow because we know that everything that happened before is a teaching tool to show us what will happen again…and again…and again. Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. We find that Korah are those who rose up and questioned and challenged the authority and leadership of Moses, as well as the priesthood of Aaron. They assembled against Moses and Aaron and questioned why Moses (the head) and Aaron (the high priest) were appointed over the whole congregation of Israel. Numbers 16:3 They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the Lord (YHWH) is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord (YHWH)?” Numbers 16:19 Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. This challenge to the head of Israel (Moses) and the high priest (Aaron) was addressed by our Creator with a very quick and clear response. It was a serious matter indeed. He required the rest of the congregation to immediately separate from them, spiritually and physically, lest they be caught up in the same sins and resulting judgment coming to them. YHWH said to not only to not be close to them, but not to even touch anything of theirs. Numbers 16:24-25 “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.” Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.” Thus, entertaining the way of Korah is a very serious matter indeed. Korah challenged the appointed head authority and high priesthood before them. And then, Korah and those with them, were destroyed. Numbers 16:31-34 Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!” Today, we understand Yeshua to be our head and High Priest, just like Moses and Aaron were such in the time of Korah. 1 Corinthians 11 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Hebrews 6:20 …where Yeshua (Jesus) has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek… And, just like Moses was, now Yeshua is our mediator between us and God (Elohim). 1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah. Thus, a challenge to the YHWH appointed head and high priest of Yeshua our Messiah is in the exact likeness of those of Korah. Numbers 16:3 They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the Lord (YHWH) is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord (YHWH)?” As if to say metaphorically, regarding those who do the same as Korah with Yeshua… "You place too much upon Yeshua...the whole congregation is holy or set-apart and YHWH is among us (meaning they are without need for any mediator)...why do you lift Yeshua up above the congregation of YHWH (to be a mediator)?" Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. These accusations and challenges were presented before Yeshua and the disciples in the first century, and sadly, the way and mind of Korah is present even today. There are those abandoning Yeshua and the Brit Hadasha, or New Testament because of being caught up in doctrinal misunderstandings and errors. Just like it was a serious matter to question the authorative head and high priest in the time of Moses, likewise, it is just as serious today. There is nothing new under the sun. It is in this concern that exists whole purpose of the Brit Hadasha series by 119 Ministries, to simply assist others in not making the error of Korah. To help others to not go the way of Korah. Yeshua is the prophet likened unto Moses. YHWH declared through Moses that a singular prophet likened unto Moses will arrive and it is to him that we should listen to. It should be noted, that listening to this prophet likened unto Moses is a commandment from our Creator, detailed in the Torah. Thus to not listen to the prophet likened unto Moses is breaking Torah, or actually more specifically…it is sin. Deuteronomy 18:15-19 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. There is only one prophet that came that fits the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18, and that person is Yeshua our Messiah from the early part of the first century. Witnesses of Yeshua became convinced that He was and is the prophet that was to come, the prophet likened unto Moses. John 6:14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” But why were they so convinced? Not only were they still looking for the prophet of Deuteronomy 18 in the first century, they became convinced that Yeshua was indeed that prophet. Only Yeshua is the one that was like unto Moses in the most possible ways. However, some might suggest that Joshua was the prophet like unto Moses in Deuteronomy 18. Deuteronomy 31:14 The LORD (YHWH) said to Moses, “Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, where I will commission him.” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting. However, we will show later in the teaching how the Torah says specifically that Joshua was not the prophet likened unto Moses. First, we will show all of the parallels between Yeshua the Messiah and Moses. As we do that, keep in mind, it is not that other prophets can not share the same similarities, it is that no other prophet has so many parallels with Moses other than Yeshua. Let’s begin… Moses was sent by Elohim. Exodus 3:13-14 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” (OR IN SOME TRANSLATIONS, I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE) And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” …and Yeshua was sent by Elohim. John 8:42 Yeshua (Jesus) said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. And there is more… A. Moses was born under a foreign king. (Exodus 1) B. Yeshua was born under a foreign King. (Luke 2:1) A. Moses came to fully preach the law of God (Exodus 18:15-16) B. Yeshua came to fully preach (pleroo) the law of God (Matthew 5:17-19) A. The life of young Moses was threatened by an evil king. (Exodus 1:15-16) B. The life of young Yeshua (Jesus) was threatened by an evil king. (Matthew 2:16) A. Moses spent his childhood in Egypt protected from the evil king. (Exodus 2:10) B. Yeshua spent his childhood in Egypt protected from the evil king. (Matthew 2:13-14) A. Moses was offered the kingdom of Egypt but refused it. (Hebrews 11:24) B. Yeshua was offered the kingdom of the world but refused it. (Matthew 4:8-9) A. As a result of Passover Moses brought Gentiles into the covenant (Exodus 12:38) B. As a result of his act on Passover, Yeshua brought the lost sheep of Israel, that had become gentiles, back into covenant (Matthew 15:24)(See “Lost Sheep” and “What is the Gospel?” by 119 Ministries) A. Moses was criticized by his family. (Numbers 12:1) B. Yeshua was criticized by his family. (Mark 3:20-21) A. Unlike other all other prophets, Moses spoke to YHWH face to face. (Exodus 3:1-10)(Deuteronomy 34:10) B. Like Moses, Yeshua also spoke to YHWH face to face. (Luke 9:34-36) All other prophets only received visions or dreams. (Deuteronomy 34:10) A. Moses was a teacher. (Deuteronomy 4:1-5) B. Yeshua was a teacher. (Matthew 22:16) A. Moses was faithful. (Numbers 12:5-7) B. Yeshua was faithful. (Hebrews 3:1-2) A. Moses gave bread to Israel from YHWH. (Exodus 16:14-15) B. Yeshua gave bread to Israel from YHWH. (Matthew 14:19-20) A. Moses facilitated miracles, signs, and wonders. (Deuteronomy 34:10-12) B. Yeshua facilitated miracles, signs, and wonders. (John 5:36)(John 12:37-38) A. Moses was used by YHWH to save Israel from bondage to Pharaoh. B. Yeshua was used by YHWH to save Israel from bondage to the adversary (satan). A. Moses acted as a shepherd leading Israel through the wilderness. (Exodus 3)(Numbers) B. Yeshua acts as a one good shepherd leading Israel scattered in the wilderness. (Matthew 15:25)(John 10:11)(Matthew 9:36)(Ezekiel 34:23)(Ezekiel 37:24) A. Moses was a humble servant of YHWH. (Numbers 12:3) B. Yeshua was a humble servant of YHWH. (Philippians 2:8-9) A. Moses fasted for forty days in the wilderness. (Exodus 34.28) B. Yeshua fasted for forty days in the wilderness. (Matthew 4:2) A. Moses was a mediator of the covenant. (Exodus 24:7-8) B. Yeshua is a mediator of the covenant. (Matthew 26:26-28)(Mark 14:24)(Luke 22:20)(Hebrews 9:11-15)(1 Corinthians 11:25)(2 Corinthians 3:6) A. Moses offered to die on behalf of Israel’s sins (Exodus 32:30-33) B. Yeshua offered to die on behalf of Israel’s sins (Isaiah 52-53John 17) (Yet Moses did not qualify to offer his own life because of his own sin – Exodus 32:33, but Yeshua did qualify – (1 Peter 2:22)(1 John 3:5)(Hebrews 4:15)(2 Corinthians 5:21) A. Moses offered the lamb as the threshold covenant to save Israel from YHWH’s wrath, saving the first born. (Exodus 12:11-12). B. Yeshua offered Himself as the lamb as a threshold covenant to save Israel from YHWH’s wrath, saving Israel as YHWH’s first born (John 1:29). (See the 119 Ministries teaching titled “The Threshold Covenant” A. Moses baptized Israel by taking them through the Red Sea. B. Yeshua baptized Israel by sending them the Spirit (Matthew 3:11) A. Moses, by holding up his hands, defeated the great enemy of Israel, the Amalekites, which ancient rabbis taught stood for all evil. (Exodus 17:8-13) B. Yeshua, by holding up his hands in death, defeated the great adversary of sin and death. (John 19:18)(Romans 8) A. Moses sent twelve spies to explore Canaan (Numbers 13) B. Yeshua sent twelve apostles to reach the world (Matthew 10:1) A. Moses appointed seventy rulers in Israel (Numbers 11:16-17) B. Yeshua appointed seventy disciples to teach the nations. (Luke 10:1) A. Moses was the mediator between God and man. (Exodus, Deuteronomy, Numbers) B. Yeshua is the mediator between God and Man. (1 Timothy 2.5) A. Rejecting the head of Moses led to destruction. (Numbers 16) B. Rejecting head of Yeshua leads to destruction. (Acts 3:22-23) Clearly only Yeshua is the prophet like unto Moses. No other person in Biblical history fits the life, pattern, and purpose of Moses like Yeshua. As we mentioned earlier, some teach that Joshua was the prophet like unto Moses. There are several reasons for this: 1) Argument number one goes something like this…Moses addresses His generation (the one that came out of Egypt) therefore the “Prophet” must be another belonging to his generation. Deuteronomy 18:15-16 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ The word “you” marked here is in singular form. This mean that this was not addressed specifically to individuals of the same generation, but the nation of Israel as a singular unit. Deut 18:15-18 was directed to the entire nation and its descendants as were the prior verses, because the people who requested to speak only with Moses were not even permitted to enter the land, yet he speaks to them as if they were going to enter in prior verses. 2) Argument two goes something like this, “YHWH says that He would be WITH Joshua as He was WITH Moses hence Joshua had to be the prophet “LIKE” Moses.” First, one instance of noted similarity with Joshua with Moses does not necessarily merit the prophet of Deuteronomy 18:18 status. It seems as though our Creator anticipated possible confusion on this, so to completely quell whether Joshua is the prophet of Deuteronomy 18:18, YHWH said this AFTER it is said that all obeyed Joshua as they did Moses: Deuteronomy 34:10-12 And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. So, just in case there was any confusion as to whether Joshua was the prophet likened unto Moses, YHWH stated that after the people obeyed Joshua like they obeyed Moses that there STILL was not a prophet likened unto Moses. This alone, according to YHWH Himself, proves that Joshua can NOT be the prophet likened unto Moses. 3) Further, Joshua, was already risen up or set up or established long before Moses said YHWH shall rise up a prophet (Deuteronomy 1:38; 3:26). The word translated as “He shall raise up”, in verse 15, is the Hebrew word יקים Yaqiym, which is a 3rd person imperfect action hifil, which means “he shall cause to rise” or “he will cause to be establish”. It reflects an incomplete action, meaning YHWH did not do it yet, whereas, He DID establish Joshua long before. Deuteronomy 18:18, CLEARLY points at another person who is definitely NOT Joshua, or Yehoshua ben Nun. It is worth pointing out though, that just like Moses was a type of Yeshua, Joshua, or really in Hebrew, Yehoshua, was a type of the Messiah as well, bringing people back to the whole Word of God as one part, and into the land as king as the final act of the role of the Messiah. Taking the likeness of Moses and Joshua together formulates a perfect type or foreshadowing picture of the Messiah that was to come. Joshua, or Yehoshua, even reveals the coming Messiah’s name…sharing the exact same name in fact in original Hebrew. Let’s continue… Yeshua did not speak his own words, but only the words of the Father. Deuteronomy 18:18 And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. Compare: John 12:49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. John 14:23-24 Yeshua (Jesus) answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. And who does not listen to the prophet likened unto Moses will discover that YHWH Himself requires it. Deuteronomy 18:19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. John 12:47-48 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. Hebrews 10:28-29 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? Just like YHWH told Israel to obey the words coming from Moses, He also told Israel to obey the coming prophet likened unto Moses. Deuteronomy 18:15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— Deuteronomy 18:19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. And just like there were some, such as Korah, that questioned the appointed roles of Moses as the head, and Aaron as the high priest, there are those like Korah that speak against Yeshua as head and high priest. Not listening to Yeshua is disobeying the Torah. It is a direct commandment in the Torah to obey the words spoken by the prophet likened unto Yeshua. Disregarding the words that Yeshua spoke is setting aside the Word of God. Challenging the authority, leadership, and priesthood of Yeshua is the same mistake that Korah made…it is the same mistake many of the Jews made in the first century…and sadly enough, even today, the error of Korah continues, leading to destruction. Some might ask why they should follow Yeshua…to hear and obey His words. The answer is simple. The Creator of the universe told us to, in the TANAKH, or more specifically, the Torah. It is not a small matter, unless we consider the Torah a small matter. One might want to be more convinced that those of Korah, or better yet, more right, when challenging the appointed by YHWH to be the head and high priest. The evidence for Yeshua is there, just like the evidence for Moses and Aaron were there for Korah. Yeshua claimed to be the prophet likened unto Moses. Others stand as witnesses to Yeshua being our head and high priest. Yet some speak against him, in the same way of Korah. Exodus 22:28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. To speak evil of Yeshua, or to claim Yeshua spoke evil by being a liar or an invention of man is an accusation that risks a serious offence against the Torah if wrong. Like we said, it is no small matter. Peter quotes Deuteronomy 18, and notes that the one who does not listen to Yeshua is the one who will be destroyed from the people…just like those of Korah. Acts 3:22-23 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ Why does Peter say that such a person will be destroyed from the people? Because the same happened to those of Korah… We hope that this teaching has blessed you, and remember, continue to test everything. Shalom
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:41:59 +0000
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