ARK OF THE COVENANT
The Ark of the Covenant is the most treasured
article in the nation of Israel
It’s a sacred symbol of God’s covenant with them.
The Original Ark
- The original
- It’s also known as the
19 Then God's temple in heaven
was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. NIV
Heb 8:5 – A
copy of the real thing in Heaven
5 They serve at a
sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. NIV
Ex 25:9 –
Make the Ark
9 Make this tabernacle and
all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you. NIV
Josh 6:11 – Ark
11 So he had the ark of
the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the people
returned to camp and spent the night there.
1 Sam 3:3 –
The Ark
3 The lamp of God had not
yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God was. NIV
Ex 25:22 –
The Ark
22 Between the two cherubim
that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give
you all my commands. NIV
What it looked like
- Bezalel and Oholiab constructed the Ark at
Mt. Sinai assisted by other skilled Israelites according to the pattern
given to Moses by God.
- The
word for Ark
is the same as “Coffin” (mummy case) – An ossuary was the
depository for the deceased and constructed only large enough to hold the
dried bones.
- In the case of the
- It looked like a box
or a chest about 3 ¾ feet long and 2 ¼ feet wide and 2 ¼ feet deep.
- It was made out of Acacia wood a strong insect
resistant wood that resists rot and was overlaid inside and out with
pure gold.
- Acacia seyal, the Red acacia, known also as the shittah tree (the source
of shittim wood), is a thorny, 20–30 ft high tree with a pale
greenish or reddish bark.
- The lid was believed to
be God’s Throne or mercy seat and was made of a pure slab
of gold.
- There was a gold
moulding around the top of the Ark which the mercy seat would drop
down into - This prevented the mercy seat from sliding around during
transportation.
- At opposite ends of the gold cover
were two angels of hammered gold facing each other with wings
streatched upward and their heads bowed toward the mercy seat.
- Most artist
reditions show the Ark very ornate, while I do not see this in scripture,
it’s very possible based on the number of craftsmen working on it.
Ex 37:1 – Bezalel
constructed the Ark
1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood- NIV
Ex 31:6 – Oholiab and
other skilled craftsman
6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given skill to all
the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded you: NIV
Ex 25:10-11 – Here is how
to make it
10 "Have them make a chest of acacia wood
(shittim)--two and a half cubits
long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out,
and make a gold molding around it.
Ex 25:20 – Two Angels with
heads bowed.
20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread
upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each
other, looking toward the cover. NIV
The Gold
- The Israelites had no
gold, so where did they get it? – The Egyptians gave gold to the Israelites
just to get rid of them. – They plundered them - Picture a million people
with a few pieces of gold in their hand.
Ex 12:35 -36 – The Egyptians gave them gold to leave
35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and
asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for
clothing.
36 The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably
disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they
plundered the Egyptians. NIV
Transportation
- Four gold rings were
cast and attached to the four feet of the
- The
- When the
- The early ancient
artist renditions show the long poles in the Ark bending as the Priest
would carry it. - Don’t you know, as small as this thing was; it was
heavy.
- The poles were not to
be removed from the
- I have got to say this – There are
carvings in the synagogue of Capernaum showing the Ark enclosed on a Cart
with wheels. The enclosure had columns,
a rounded roof and doors on the end,. – This rendition may be of when the
Ark was transported by the Philisteens, but it was not the mode of
transporaton specified by God.
Num 3:27-31
The Kohathite Levites responsible for the Ark
30 The leader of the
families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
31 They were
responsible for the care of the ark, NIV
Num 4:5-6 –
Cover the Ark
5 When the camp is to
move, Aaron and his sons are to go take down the shielding curtain and cover
the ark of the Testimony with it.
6 Then they shall put on it a covering of badger
skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall
insert its poles.
Ex 25:12 – Here’s how to
transport it
12 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten
them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the
other.
13 Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them
with gold.
14 Insert the poles into the rings on the sides
of the chest to carry it.
15 The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark;
they are not to be removed.
Ex 37:5 – The poles were
to carry it
5 And he inserted the poles into the rings on the
sides of the ark to carry it. NIV
1 Kings 8:8 –The poles stuck
out from the Holy Place
8 These poles were so long that their
ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but
not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today NIV
1 Chron 13:9-10 – Uzzah
touched the Ark
9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon,
Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled.
10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck
him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there
before God. NIV
The Cover – The Lid – The Top
- The cover was called
in the NIV the atonement cover
or in the KJV, called the mercy
seat.
- Once a year, the high
priest would enter into the portion of the tabernacle called the Holy of
Holies and sprinkle blood on the “mercy seat” and offer
prayers to God to give mercy for the sins of the people.
Ex 40:20 – The atonement
cover
20 He took the Testimony and placed it in the ark,
attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it. NIV
Ex 40:20 – The mercy seat
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark,
and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the
ark: KJV
Angels on the top
- Angels are
ministering spirits carrying out the will of God for man.
- Cherubim Angels according to
medieval theologians have four wings with two spread out and upward like a
tent over the
- Seraphim’s have six wings in
case you were wondering – Some angels do not have wings at all.
- The top or cover for
the
- It was between the
wings of the angels and the mercy seat that God dwelled.
Ex 25:17 – Make a cover
for the Ark with images of Angels
17 "Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two
and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at
the ends of the cover.
19 Make one cherub on one end and the second
cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two
ends.
20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread
upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face
each other, looking toward the cover.
Heb 1:14 - Angels are
ministering Spirits
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent
to serve those who will inherit salvation? NIV
Ezek 1:6 Cherubim have
four wings
6 but each of them had four faces and four
wings. NIV
Ezek 1:11 -12 – Two covered its body – Two reached upward
Their wings were spread out upward; each had two
wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two
wings covering its body. NIV
Isa 6:1-2 – Seraphim’s
have six wings
2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings:
NIV
Inside the Ark
- The tablets of the Testimony
were put inside the
- At some point a golden jar of manna was
added to the contents of the
- God also gave Moses
laws which he wrote in a book, known as “The Book of the Law” – Some thought the Book was also inside
the
Ex 25:16 – The Ten
Commandments
16 Then put in the ark the Testimony, which
I will give you.
1 Kings 8:9 – Two stone
tablets.
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two
stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a
covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt
Ex 16:33 – A Jar of Manna
33 So Moses said, "Take a jar and put an
omer of manna in it. Then place it before the LORD to be kept for
the generations to come."
Num 17:10 – Aaron’s Rod that budded
10 The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's
staff in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. NIV
Heb 9:4 – Manna and
Aaron’s rod
4 This ark contained the gold jar of manna,
Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
NIV
Deut 31:26 – Book of the
Law beside the Ark
26 "Take this Book of the Law and place it
beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will
remain as a witness
Purpose of the Ark
- Function
-
The
- Purpose - The
- The Ten Commandments were
the “testimony” or “Covenant” that God has between Himself and the nation
of
- The
Mercy Seat cover
and the book of the Law
declared the Devine holiness by which all men stand condemned or redeemed.
– The law condemned; The Mercy redeemed. WOW
- It was a weapon when they went to
war, the ark was sent ahead of the army. The reputation and power of the
Ex 25:22 – I will meet
with you
22 There, above the cover between the two cherubim
that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you
all my commands for the Israelites.
NIV
Num 7:89 – Above the
atonement cover between the two angels
89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak
with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two
cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony. And
he spoke with him.
NIV
Ex 13:21 – The Lord went ahead in a cloud
21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a
pillar of cloud to guide them on their way NIV
Ex 19:9 – A dense cloud
9 The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to
come to you in a dense cloud, NIV
Ex 33:9 – A pillar of
cloud
9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of
cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, NIV
Ex 34:5 – Came down in a
cloud
5 Then the LORD came down in the cloud
and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. NIV
Ex 40:34-35 – The cloud
was the glory of God
34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of
Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting
because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle.
NIV
Lev 16:2 – God appeared in
a cloud above the mercy seat.
2 The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother
Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place
- The following is
handed down by sacred tradition; I include it here because it
became somewhat embraced beginning in the fourth century A.D. up until
now.
- The
Roman Catholic writers saw the Blessed Virgin Mary as the “Ark of the Covenant”
because she herself carried the Savior of mankind within her. – She became
the “Holy of Holies”
- “She is the
- I can certainly in my
spirit, embrace symbolically
that the
- I can also identify
with the love and respect for Mary the mother of Jesus.
- Roman
Catholics
believe that Mary was also born of a Virgin, therefore sinless and
a co-redeemer equal with Jesus. – Therein lies the problem, it’s just not
found in scripture.
The Covenant
- The Ten Commandments
were symbolic of God’s Covenant with His people.
- Moses would spell out
in detail in the Torah, the book of the law, how they would be blessed if they kept His
covenant.
- He also spelled out
in detail what would happen if they didn’t. – The Curses.
- Although it’s lengthy
and more than you want to know, I have included it for you to read.
Covenant Blessings
- Blessed in the city
and in the country, blessed coming in and going out, enemies defeated, bunch
of children, livestock, crops, bread, barns full, and everything you set
your hand to would be blessed.
Deut 28:1-14 – Blessed
going in and coming out.
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully
follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high
above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and
accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed
in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed,
and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock--the
calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will
be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and
blessed when you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who
rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you
from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns
and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the
land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy
people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD
your God and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you
are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity--in
the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your
ground--in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse
of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the
work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the
tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give
you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top,
never at the bottom.
14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I
give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving
them.
Covenant Curses
- The nation of
- You
will be cursed
in the city and in the country, cursed coming in and going out, no food,
no children, confusion and destruction on everything you do, disease,
fever, inflammation, boils, scorching heat, no rain, drought, blight,
dust, defeat in war and more.
- There are seven times
more curses than there are blessings - If you read the CURSES, you will never forsake
God’s covenant.
Deut 28:15-68 – If you do
not obey
15 However, if you do not obey the LORD your
God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving
you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in
the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be
cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed,
and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs
of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and
cursed when you go out.
20 The LORD will send on you curses, confusion
and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed
and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking
him.
21 The LORD will plague you with diseases
until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
22 The LORD will strike you with wasting
disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat
and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you
until you perish.
23 The sky over your head will be bronze,
the ground beneath you iron.
24 The LORD will turn the rain of your country
into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you
are destroyed.
25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated
before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from
them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on
earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the air and the
beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils
of Egypt
28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness
and confusion of mind.
29 At midday you will grope about like
a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you
do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue
you.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a
woman, but another will take her and ravish her. You will build a
house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but
you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your
eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken
from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your
enemies, and no one will rescue them.
32 Your sons and daughters will be given to
another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after
day, powerless to lift a hand.
33 A people that you do not know will eat what
your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all
your days. 34 The sights you see will drive you mad.
35 The LORD will afflict your knees and legs
with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of
your feet to the top of your head.
36 The LORD will drive you and the king you set
over you to a nation unknown to you or your fathers. There you will worship
other gods, gods of wood and stone.
37 You will become a thing of horror and an
object of scorn and ridicule to all the nations where the LORD will
drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you
will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but
you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat
them.
40 You will have olive trees throughout your
country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.
41 You will have sons and daughters but you
will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.
42 Swarms of locusts will take over all
your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The alien who lives among you will rise above
you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.
44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to
him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come upon you. They will
pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey
the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They
will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.
47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God
joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity,
48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness
and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you.
He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from
far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation
whose language you will not understand,
50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the
old or pity for the young.
51 They will devour the young of your
livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave
you no grain, new wine or oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of
your flocks until you are ruined.
52 They will lay siege to all the cities
throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall
down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is
giving you.
53 Because of the suffering that your enemy
will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb,
the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you.
54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among
you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or
his surviving children,
55 and he will not give to one of them any of the
flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of
the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your
cities.
56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you--so
sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the
sole of her foot--will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son
57 the afterbirth from her womb and the
children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the
siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of
this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and
awesome name--the LORD your God—
59 the LORD will send fearful plagues on
you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe
and lingering illnesses.
60 He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt
61 The LORD will also bring on you every kind
of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you
are destroyed.
62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the
sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the LORD your God.
63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper
and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will
be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all
nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship
other gods--gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have
known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting
place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious
mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
66 You will live in constant suspense,
filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.
67 In the morning you will say, "If only it
were evening!" and in the evening, "If only it were
morning!"--because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights
that your eyes will see.
68 The LORD will send you back in ships to Egypt
·
It
was thought that who ever had the “God
in a Box” leading their army would win the war; the Philistines
dispelled this notion pretty quick. (I’m not being blasphemous, that’s what they
thought).
- When the Philistines
captured the
- The city was struck
with a plague of hemorrhoids. – Plagues of boils, hemorrhoids, and
rats followed the
Josh 6:9 – The guarded Ark
9 The armed guard marched ahead of the
priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark.
NIV
1 Sam 4:3 – The Ark
3 Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of
the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it
may save us out of the hand of our enemies. KJV
1 Sam 6:19 – Seventy looked into the Ark
19 But God struck down some of the men of Beth
Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they had looked
into the ark of the LORD. NIV
1 Sam 5:9 – The city was
struck with hemorrhoids
9 the LORD's hand was against that city, throwing
it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old,
with an outbreak of tumors.
NIV
1 Sam 5:11 -12 – Send the cart back or we will all die
11 So they called together all the rulers of the
Philistines and said, "Send the ark of the god of Israel
12 Those who did not die were afflicted with
tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven. NIV
- Finally they sent the
- Today in Kiriath
Jearim there is a church called the “Church
of the Ark” standing on the traditions site of Abinadab’s house.
- Later King David
would bring the
- When the Babylonians
sacked
2 Sam 6:2-3 – The Ark
3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and
brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. NIV
1 Sam 7:2 – The Ark
2 It was a long time, twenty years in all,
that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel
NIV
2 Sam 6:17 – The Ark Jerusalem
17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in
its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David
sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD.
NIV
2 Chron 35:3 – The Ark Temple
3 And said unto the
Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy
ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did
build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your
God, and his people Israel, KJV
1 Kings 8:6 – The Ark
6 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's
covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place
NIV
The
Future Return of the Ark
- There is an allusion
in scripture that the Ark of the Covenant, referred to as God’s Glory
and His Banner (His standard); will be returned to
the
Ezek 39:21-22 – The Ark
21 "I will display
my “glory” among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I
inflict and the hand I lay upon them.
22 From that day forward
the house of Israel
Jer 4:6 – The Ark Israel
6 Set up the “standard”
toward Zion
Interesting Stuff
- From the
Apocrypha
– 2nd Maccabees 2:4-10; “The Jeremiah Letter” – Jeremiah came and
found a cavern in the rock, and there he brought in the (tent) Tabernacle, and the Ark, and the Alter
of Incense; and he made fast the door – “Yea, and the place shall be
unknown until God gather the people again together, and mercy comes; and
then shall the Lord disclose theses things”. – The glory of the Lord
and the cloud shall appear, as they were shown before Moses and
Solomon.
- The
Dead Sea Scrolls
are the final reference to the Ark
of the Covenant and its location.
Other writing not found in the Bible suggest that Solomon, concerned
about an invading army, built a replica of the Ark of the Covenant for
protection and that the real Ark was sent to Ethiopia for safe keeping with his son that he
fathered with the Queen of Sheba and is under guard there even
today awaiting its return.
- More –
- The
Temple Society,
according to reports that surfaced years ago, claim that they are now in
possession of the Ark of the
Covenant.
- In Rome they say the
- Here’s
more
– A replica was discovered in 1940 in a cave in
- The Apocrypha also
mentions the
- After the Babylonian
captivity, many synagogues made replicas of the
1 Kings 10:13 – Commentaries say - She desired a son
13 King Solomon gave
the queen of Sheba
Isa 18:1 – The Ark is in Ethiopia
18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
Isa 18:3 – The Ark
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on
the earth, see ye, when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when
he blows a trumpet, hear ye. KJV
Isa 18:7 – God will bring
His people back.
7 In that time shall the present be brought
unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people
terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under
foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD
of hosts, the mount Zion
1 Esdras 1:54 (Apocrypha) – Carried off to Babylon
54 Babylonians took all the holy vessels of the
Lord, both great and small, and the ark of God, and the King’s treasures
and carried them away into Babylon
At the Return of Christ
- When Christ returns
for the millennial reign the
- There will be no need
to make a new
Jer 3:16-18 – The Ark
16 In those days, when
your numbers have increased greatly in the land," declares the LORD,
"men will no longer say, `The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' It
will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor
will another one be made.
17 At that time they will
call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem
Summary –
Ark of the Covenant
v The Ark
v The Ark
v It was overlaid with gold
inside and out – and was transported by the priest using poles that were placed
through the rings located on the feet of the chest.
v The top was a pure slab of
Gold with the images of two angels with wings open and upward and with their
heads bowed toward the mercy seat.
v It was between the Angels
and the mercy seat that the cloud
of God would appear and meet with the Moses and Aaron with instructions for
His people.
v Inside the Ark
v A golden jar of manna was added at some point along with Aaron’s rod that had budded – Later
these items were missing.
v The Book of the Law was also present, but it was not placed inside
the Ark.
v There is an allusion in
scripture that the Ark Temple
v There are a number of
opinions on where the Ark
v I believe that The Ark still exists
based on Holy Scripture and the Dead Sea Scrolls. –
v I believe that when it is returned,
it will eventually be destroyed and will not be present at the
millennial reign of Christ and they will not make a new one.
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
A Commentary, Critical, Experimental and Practical – Erdman’s
Apocrypha; The – Edgar J. Goodspeed
Baker Commentary on the Bible – Walter A. Elwell
Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenny- White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Bible Dictionary - Harper
CARM – Christian Apologetics &
Research Ministry
– M .J. Slick
Expositor’s Bible Commentary; The – Frank E. Gaebelein
Great Doctrines of the Bible Vol 2 – W.
A. Criswell
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Bible Dictionary - Tyndale
Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible – Packer-Tenny
Influence; The – A novel – Matthew John Slick
International Dictionary of the Bible; The new – Douglas-Tenney
Josephus; the Jewish Historian A.D. 37-98
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Zondervan
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield
Today’s Dictionary of the Bible – T.A. Bryant
Victor
Journey through the Bible; The – V. Gilbert Beers
Where to find it in the Bible – Ken Anderson
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer-Harrison
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