Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord."
As he finished speaking, the solid earth split open and the
rebels went down alive into the pit, with all their goods, and "they
perished from among the assembly." The people ran away, selfcondemned
as those who had taken part in the sin.
But the judgments were not ended. Fire flashing from the cloud
consumed the two hundred fifty princes who had offered incense.
These men had not been destroyed with the chief rebellion planners.
They were allowed to see their end and to have an opportunity to
repent, but their sympathies were with the rebels, and they shared
their fate.
The entire congregation shared in their guilt, for to a greater or
lesser degree, all had sympathized with them. Yet the people who
had permitted themselves to be deceived were still given time to
repent.
Jesus, the Angel who went before the Hebrews, was working to
save them from destruction. The judgment of God had come very
near and appealed to them to repent. Now, if they would respond to
God's leading, they could be saved. But their rebellion was not
cured--that night they returned to their tents terrified, but not
repentant.
Korah had flattered them until they really believed themselves
to be a very good people, wronged and abused by Moses. They had
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