The Ark of the Covenant is a secret gold covered object known to the Jews Christians and Muslims. It has also been made known to a wider audience by being depicted in various movies. But what is the Ark of the Covenant? The oldest text written about it is the Torah found in the Jewish Tanakh and in the Old Testament of the bible. ‘ The Ark and The Blood. ‘
It tells us about the supreme God – the one who claimed to be the creator of planet earth. He wrote ten laws on two tables of stone. These stones were then placed into a gold covered chest. The chest itself was then closed with a seat or lid with two Cherubim – one on each side of the lid.
The Ark was used for two different purposes. It was above this seat the creator of the earth would manifest Himself as the Law and the Ark functioned as a throne for the Creator. Secondly it was put into a sanctuary system along with other holy objects. No-one was allowed to enter the room that housed the ark except once every year where the High Priest brought blood into the room and placed blood in front of the ark and on the seat of the ark. This signified how the peoples transgressions against the law in the ark had been brought to justice by a substitute’s blood being brought before the throne.
It was later moved to the first temple in Jerusalem sometime before the Babylonians beseiged the city and destroyed the temple.. The last time it was mentioned in the bible was when King Josiah ordered it to be placed back into the temple
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2Chronicles 35:1
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, 2Chronicles 35:2
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, 2Chronicles 35:3
True God And King
.. More than one have claimed to discover it but so far no-one has brought evidence of their findings so they could be examined. But one claim was to stand out before all the others in a very special and heart wrenching way..
The main function of the ark was to be the governmental seat of God in His earthly temple. But the ark had many assignments outside the sanctuary and wasn’t limited to the sacrificial rituals. Both inside and outside the sanctuary system the ark was used to defend God’s right as judge and only true God and King over the whole earth. His claim to this right was written in the Law inside the ark which stated that He was the Creator and that the earth therefore belonged to Him.
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.. in six days the LORD made heaven and earth.. Exodus 20:10,11
..the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth.. Joshua 3:13
..for all the earth is mine: Exodus 19:5
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. Psalm 47:2
Even when God didn’t protect His backsliding people He had protected the ark as it represented His authority. This makes it clear that no man needed to protect it and that God would keep it safe all on His own..
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. Samuel 6:6
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 2Samuel 6:7
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.. Psalm 45:6
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Lamentations 5:19
And it shall come to pass in the last days.. and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD.. for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:2,3
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