2A Aaron's budding rod typifies not a dead Christ but the resurrected Christ, the budding Christ, who not only buds but also blossoms and bears fruit to maturity (17:8):
31 The word in Numbers 16:3 and Moses' word in verses 9 and 10 show that the root of this rebellion among God's people was ambition, the struggle for power and for a higher position; ambition undermines God's plan and damages His people; throughout the centuries many problems among Christians have been caused by ambition (cf. Matt. 20:20-28; 3 John 9-11).
42 As God's deputy, or delegated, authority, Moses referred the case to God as the highest authority, for His speaking, exposing, and judging; in a struggle for power the only One who can judge and expose the real situation is God Himself (Num. 16:4-5).
53 Korah and the others went down to Sheol alive and directly (v. 33); they did not need to die first (cf. Rev. 19:20); this was something new that Jehovah brought about (Num. 16:29-30).
64 God's judgment on the two hundred fifty men who rebelled with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram signifies the judgment of the cross on all of man's service to God that is according to man's opinions, by his flesh, and in rivalry with others.
75 Since the rebellion of Korah and his company in Numbers 16 was related to the priesthood (vv. 3, 8-10), the budding of Aaron's rod was a vindication indicating that Aaron was the one accepted by God as having authority in the God-given ministry of the priesthood (v. 5).
86 The principle to every service lies in the budding rod; resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God; what we can do belongs in the natural realm, and what is impossible for us to do belongs in the realm of resurrection (cf. Rom. 1:9; 7:6; 2 Cor. 1:8-9).