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Sunday, February 21 2010
The Ark Of The Covenant is one of the most significant items of Bible History, and, as the entire world will one day discover, The Ark will also be one of the most "earthshaking" sacred objects of Prophecy (see Raiders Of The Lost Ark to understand where The Ark is right now).
The Ark was constructed by Holy Spirit skilled Israelite craftsmen after the Exodus, while the LORD God (i.e. Jesus Christ: "10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ" 1 Corinthians 10:2-4 KJV; see also 'The God Of The Old Testament') led them in the Sinai (see also Why Through The Sea? and The Night Crossing). The Ark was made of acacia, or shittim, wood which was overlaid with pure gold. It measured about 43 inches (1.1 meters) long, and about 27 inches (0.7 meter) both wide and high. It had 2 gold rings fastened on each side through which poles were inserted to carry it. The poles were to remain in the rings at all times. The lid on the top was called the atonement cover, or "mercy seat" (see the Fact Finder question below). On top of it were two carved cherubim, with their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover.
"25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee." (Exodus 25:10-16 KJV)
"The Ark of The Covenant ... wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the Tables of The Covenant"
The Ark was constructed primarily as a container for the second set (see Breaking The Law) of two Tables of Stone (see also What Did The Ten Commandments Look Like?) that Jesus Christ ("that Rock was Christ" as shown above; see also 'Before Abraham Was, I AM' and The Trysting Tent) gave to Moses on Mount Sinai.
"10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. 10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me." (Deuteronomy 10:1-5 KJV)
An "omer full of manna" (see Biblical Weights and Measures) was also placed in The Ark (see Christ, The Bread of Life).
"16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept." (Exodus 16:31-34 KJV)
Aaron's rod (that had earlier been used miraculously for the Exodus e.g. Exodus 7:8-12) was also kept in The Ark.
"17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he." (Exodus 17:8-11 KJV)"9:4 ... the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant" (Hebrews 9:4 KJV)
Fact Finder: As we've seen in this lesson, Jesus Christ had a direction connection to each of the items that were placed in The Ark. What "overall" connection does the Messiah also have to the Ark?
See Christ's Mercy Seat
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This Day In History, February 21
1173: Pope Alexander III canonized Thomas Becket. As Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket was martyred 3 years before by King Henry II.
1437: King James I of Scotland was assassinated.
1613: Michael Romanov became czar (the Russian form of "Caesar") of Russia, beginning the Romanov dynasty.
1744: The British blockade of Toulon was broken by 27 French and Spanish warships attacking the 29 British ships.
1885: The Washington Monument was dedicated.
1915: During the First World War, the Germans under Hindenberg heavily defeated the Russians under Baron Siever at the Winter Battle of Masuria which ended this day. Over 200,000 Russians were lost.
1916: During the First World War, German forces launched an attack on the French fortress at Verdun. The battle ended December 18, with 434,000 German and 543,000 French casualties.
1918: During the First World War, Australian cavalry captured Jericho.
1940: The Nazis begin construction of the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1965: Malcolm X, U.S. black activist, was assassinated at age 39.
1972: Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China.
1975: John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were jailed for obstruction of justice in the Watergate burglary and attempted cover up.
