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<h1><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Paul and the Rebellion of Korah</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">In the book of Numbers, we read Korah told Moses that Moses should no longer be followed in the community:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="text Num-16-1"><span class="chapternum">16 </span>Korah&nbsp;son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites&mdash;Dathan and Abiram&nbsp;, sons of Eliab,&nbsp;and On son of Peleth&mdash;became insolent<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-4196a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup></span> <span id="en-NIV-4197" class="text Num-16-2"><sup>2 </sup>and rose up against Moses.With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.</span><span id="en-NIV-4198" class="text Num-16-3"><sup>3 </sup>They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron&nbsp;and said to them, &ldquo;You have gone too far! The whole community is holy,every one of them, and the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is with them.&nbsp;<strong><em>Why then do you set yourselves above the&nbsp;<span class="small-caps">Lord</span>&rsquo;s assembly?</em></strong>&rdquo; &nbsp;(Number <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+16&amp;version=NIV">16:1</a> NIV.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">This is known as the Rebellion of Korah. Moses replied, declaring that they are "against Yahweh." (Numbers <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2016&amp;version=YLT">16:11</a>.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Korah and this group were vying for control, evidently. Their reasoning was that since everyone was now holy, and Yahweh is "with" the people, they no longer need Moses to guide them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Hence, Korah's rebellion was trying to <strong><em>take away the influence of Moses over the people</em></strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Some have equated Paul to Moses in this story, and claim if we take away the influence of Paul, we are equivalent to followers of Korah. ("<a href="http://www.intergate.com/~jcordaro/anti-Paulism_and_the-rebellion_of_Korah.htm">Anti-Paulinism and the Rebellion of Korah</a>.") </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">However, the opposite is true. The reason I wish to take away the influence of Paul is precisely because <em><strong>Paul is the equivalent of Korah</strong></em>. Paul wishes to say the people are righteous without following Moses' inspired guidance, <em>i.e.</em>, <strong><em>salvation is by atonement of the blood that God accepts which was effective only upon repentance from sin (Ex 20:6 "I&nbsp;</em></strong>&nbsp;extend grace / mercy to those who love me and who obey my commandments" -- quoted within Ten Commandments).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Paul wishes and does take away the influence of Moses, pointing to faith alone in atonement without the necessity of repentance from sin-toward-obedience for salvation. (1 Cor. 15:1-5.) In doing so, the influence of Jesus is loosened. For Jesus insisted those who teach what Moses teaches are the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven (KOH), and those who teach us to loosen the Law given Moses are to be called "least" by those in the KOH.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Jesus said:</span></p>
<p class="verse" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span id="en-YLT-23252" class="text Matt-5-17" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><sup>17 </sup>`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the <strong><em>Law</em></strong> or the Prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;</span></span></p>
<p class="verse" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span id="en-YLT-23253" class="text Matt-5-18" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><sup>18 </sup>for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away,<strong><em> one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law</em></strong>, till that all may come to pass.</span></span></p>
<p class="verse" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span id="en-YLT-23254" class="text Matt-5-19" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><sup>19 </sup>`Whoever therefore <strong><em>may loose one of these commands</em></strong> -- the least -- and<em><strong> may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens</strong></em>. (Matt <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%205:17-19&amp;version=YLT">5:17-19</a> YLT)</span></span></p>
<p class="verse"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Similarly, those who reject Moses' inspired commandments are said by the Prophet Isaiah to be without light:</span></p>
<p class="BodyAfterHead" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">[Compare teachers] [t]o the Law and <em><strong>the Testimony</strong></em> [<em>i.e., </em>the Ten Commandments]&nbsp;[and],<strong><em> if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.</em></strong> (<a name="marker=464318"></a>Isaiah 8:20).</span></p>
<p class="Quote"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">We so-called "Anti-Paulinists" are actually pro-Jesus who in turn condemns as the "least" anyone who teaches to loosen Moses' inspired guidance.</span></p>
<p class="Quote"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"> Is it a coincidence then that "least" happens to be the meaning of Paul's name -- "Paulos"? The word "Paulos" in Greek is a transliteration of Paul's Latin name "Paulus" which Paul had to have as a Roman citizen. Then "Paulus" in Latin is a short form of the name "Pauxillulus" which means "least." See "<a href="/JWO/jesus-on-paul-the-least.html">Paul the Least</a>" at our site. </span></p>
<p class="Quote"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">And Paul's Korah-like view against tolerating further the 'guidance of Moses' is on display throughout the New Testament. Paul says the Law is abolished, abrogated, a shadow of things to come, loosed, loosed over Jews (Romans 7:1-17), a light on Moses' face which now is "done away with," given by angels who are no gods (Gal. 4:1-11, 20-31), etc. See our chapter <a href="/JWO/chapter-five-jwo.html">Five</a> in JWO.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">So those who believe Paul is leading us into a Korah-like rebellion from Moses' inspired guidance can never be guilty of the Rebellion of Korah. <em><strong>Only those following Paul's guidance away from the Law given Moses can be guilty of the Rebellion of Korah</strong></em>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Thus, those who take the view that so-called "Anti-Paulinists" are guilty of this sin are themselves the pot trying to call the kettle black, as the expression goes. They are following <em><strong>Paul who is virtually identical to Korah</strong></em> who led his own party against Moses' authority. Paul is the equivalent of the leader of the Rebellion of Korah.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;">A Small Note on 2d Peter</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The author of "Anti-Paulinists and the Rebellion of Korah" claims that so-called Anti-Paulinists want 2d Peter removed from canon. As I have said, I love 2d Peter. I wish I honestly could insist it is canon. The author errs. Instead, it is Paulinists who want 2d Peter removed -- for Calvin said its criticism of Paul as "hard to understand" proves Apostle Peter could not have written that work. Calvin wanted believers to treat 2d Peter as non-canonical because 2d Peter attacks Paul! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Calvin also knew as I do that the reference to "twisting Paul as other scripture" did not mean to imply Paul was <strong><em>holy</em></strong> scripture. In 2d Peter, the word at issue is "writings" not "holy writings." Only the latter is how one could refer to fully inspired writings = the Law and Prophets, and how Paul elsewhere referred to inspired OT writ. See <a href="/books/57-second-peter-reference-to-paul.html">2d Peter &amp; Its Reference to Paul as Scripture</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">In fact, in that era, the third section of the Bible was reserved for works believed to be not fully inspired or not yet known whether they were inspired at all such as Daniel (which was kept outside the "Prophets" section by Jews who did not yet see any fulfilled prophecies up to Christ's era). This "Writings" section translates as "scripture" in Greek. ("<a href="/books/335-writings-section-of-original-testament-of-bible-knol.html">Writings Section of the Original Bible</a>.") To put Paul in a third category of 'scripture' implied at best Paul sometimes was inspired and sometimes not. &nbsp;It was the term to refer to uninspired writings or sometimes wise, or sometimes partially inspired writings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Thus, 2d Peter left only Jesus to be at least on par with Moses or the Prophets sections. Finally, the rest of 2d Peter is an extensive put down on Paul (a) by calling him a mere brother and not an apostle and (b) for Paul's difficult to "understand" words being construed to support Lawless doctrine, thereby causing many to fall from their "steadfastness in Christ." For my extensive discussion on this topic, see "<a href="/Recommended-Reading/second-peter-reference-to-paul.html">2d Peter and Its Reference to Paul as Scripture</a>."</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Paulinists Are Showing Their Anxiety</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The author of the above-referenced "Anti-Paulinism and the Rebellion of Korah" claims that those who do not accept Paul as an inspired voice suffer from an "ideology" and are like a "disease" among Christianity:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Anti-Paulism is an <strong>ideology</strong> that rejects the Apostle Paul as an apostle of Messiah Yeshua. Anti-Paulism is like <strong>a disease</strong>. It is easily spread from one person to another, especially among those who have not studied the issues for themselves. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The intent of the author is to label Paul detractors as part of something called "Anti-Paulism," and as dangerous to Christianity, like a deadly disease among Christians. However,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology">Wikipedia</a> defines ideology as follows:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">An <strong>ideology</strong> is a set of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea" title="Idea">ideas</a> that constitute one's goals, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_(epistemic)" title="Expectation (epistemic)">expectations</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)" title="Action theory (philosophy)">actions</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">But how is my applying Deut. 13:1-5 on the definition of a false prophet to Paul reflective of any ideology? God tells us in Deut. 13:1-5 not to listen to any prophet who leads you away from the Law. I apply this to Paul. How does this reflect any kind of ideology? I am simply applying a verse that presumably the Bereans applied to Paul, and found he passed, but which if we apply the verse today to all of Paul's writings available at this juncture, Paul no longer passes the test. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Thus, I have no ideology in doing this. But look at the Paulinist. <strong><em>He has a theological system that hinges completely on Paul - a true ideology.</em></strong> And they know it. And they are sweating that their system will crumble by enough Christians simply applying one passage -- Deut. 13:1-5 which Jesus applies in paraphrase in Matt 7:21-23, and realizing Jesus alone is the source of doctrine in the NT era. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">So the kettle again is trying to call the kettle black to deflect attention that Paulinism is a true ideology -- and a very strong one. Anti-Paulism does not exist as an ideology. It is simply a Berean-like testing of Paul's authority based upon Bible verses which beg to be applied to Paul.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">When I read arguments like those in <em>Anti-Paulism and the Rebellion of Korah</em>, I can see the Paulinists are beginning to sweat. They cannot defend against Deut. 13:1-5 or Matt 7:21-23, and thus try to imply to the untrained that applying these verses and thereby excluding Paul from the Bible means you have to adopt a whole different world view from 'normal' Christians. Nope! <strong><em>You just follow Christ</em></strong>. You don't listen to Paul. That simple. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">There is no secret club. No doctrinal statement one must bow to accept. You just follow our Lord Jesus. And unlike Paul's "difficult to understand words," Jesus' words unencumbered by attention to Paul involve an "easy yoke," as Jesus said. You don't need any seminary training to read Jesus' words. You can study on your own with help of the Holy Spirit, and Jesus promises you will be just fine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Doug (Sept. 8, 2012)</span></p>
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