To usurp means to take a position of power or authority improperly. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were not seeking to please God. They were discontent and grumbling. They were trying to usurp leadership positions they had not been given but were jealous for, and they wanted material gain. This was...

Korah and his followers were not ordinary Israelites, they were Levites, chosen and set apart by God for service. Yet instead of walking in gratitude and submission, they allowed pride to distort their perspective. They began to despise the very honor God had given them and sought positions of greater...

In this passage, Korah and his men murmured against Moses and Aaron. They took their eyes off of what God had selectively appointed them to (which was an honored place of intimacy with Him). Instead, they coveted another man’s calling and created a wedge of division amongst the congregation. Deception...

Our obedience to God brings blessings and multiplication to a thousand generations. We will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country; blessed in coming in, and blessed in going out. We will be blessed far above all we could ever ask for or imagine! Even our children,...

There is something profoundly powerful about someone who has seen the cost of disobedience and still chooses to draw near to God. The sons of Korah, who penned this psalm, knew exactly what it meant to live outside the will of God, and what it cost their family.Their forefather, Korah,...