Ready repentance, the way to avoid judgment
Numbers 16 /Revelation 1-3
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OT
16:27-32 So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents with their wives and children and little ones.
And Moses said, “By this you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things that I have done–for I have not done them on my own. If these men die a natural death, then the LORD has not sent me. But if the LORD performs a miracle and the ground opens up and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”
He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them. The earth opened up and swallowed the men, along with their households and the followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.
NT
3:20 Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends.
OT Flash Points
Deception-based rebellion
Judgment involving incense (prayer)
Intercession of Moses and Aaron
Reactionary rebellion – magnified deception
Intercession of Moses and Aaron
Lack of the awe and fear of God
Reminder of the rebellion – cover for the altar
Only the anointed to serve
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram – given a chance to repent
NT Flash Points
Churches in Asia – given a chance to repent before judgment
Perspective
Psalm 95 – “While it is today… don’t harden your heart”
Contrite heart – ready to repent