for he wrote of Me. John 5:45-47 – “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?”

Our Lesson! Text: Exodus 25

The Pre-eminence of the Ark

Colossians 1:18 – “And He (Christ) is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.”

The Significance of the Ark

Psalms 40:8 - “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.”

Ezekiel 36:22-23 – “Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.”

for my gloryIsaiah 43:7 – “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” they shall shew forth my praiseIsaiah 43:21 – “This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” for mine own sakeIsaiah 43:25 – “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.”

Leviticus 16:12-14 – “And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: (HIS PERSON) And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it (HIS WORK) with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.”

John 1:29 – “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,(HIS PERSON) which taketh away the sin of the world.”(HIS WORK)

1 Corinthians 2:2 – “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ,(HIS PERSON) and Him crucified. (HIS WORK)”

Revelation 5:6 - “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb (HIS PERSON) as it had been slain, (HIS WORK)…”

Romans 10:9 – “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus (HIS PERSON), and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, (HIS WORK) thou shalt be saved.”

The Materials of the Ark

It’s Species

and as a root out of a dry groundIsaiah 53:2 – “For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.”

Acacia plant or tree

The Materials of the Ark It’s Surety

1 Timothy 2:5 – “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 John 3:5 – “And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.” 1 Corinthians 15:54,57 – “So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The Materials of the Ark It’s Splendor

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

The Dimensions of the Ark

1 Kings 10:6-7 – “And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.”

Acts 9:8 – “And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.” Revelation 1:17 – “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last”

1 John 3:2 – “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”

The Contents of the Ark

Hebrews 9:4 - “Which had the golden censer, and 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”

Exodus 32:15,16,19 – “And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.”

like unto the first Deuteronomy 10:1-5 - “ 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. 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. (THEN MOSES RECORDS…)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. 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. 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 31:26 – “Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.”

Isaiah 42:21 – “The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will magnify the law, and make it honourable.” Psalms 40:7-8 – “Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Galatians 4:4 – “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law” Matthew 5:17 – “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”

Romans 5:17-21 – “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness Isaiah 45:24 – “Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: …”

Hebrews 9:4 - “Which had the golden censer, and 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”

Exodus 16:32-33 – “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. 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.”

John 6:49-51 – “Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

Hebrews 9:4 - “Which had the golden censer, and 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”

Numbers 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.” John 11:25 – “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live”

The Coverings of the Ark

Numbers 4:5-6 – “And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.”

Hebrews 10: “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh”

Numbers 4:5-6 – “And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.”

Ezekiel 16:10 – “I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.” Isaiah 53:2 – “For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.”

Numbers 4:5-6 – “And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.”

The Names of the Ark

Ark of the Testimony- (Exodus 25:22) Ark of the Covenant-(Numbers 10:33) Ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth-(Joshua 3:15) ***The Ark of God- (1 st Samuel 3:3)*** Ark of the Lord God- (1 st Kings 2:26) The Holy Ark- (2 nd Chronicles 35:3) The Ark of Strength- (Psalms 132:8)

The Journeyings of the Ark

Hebrews 13:5(b)- “…for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

The Ark went before the people Jesus goes before the people John 10:4 – “And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.

The Ark was in the middle of God’s people Jesus is in the center of His people John 14:20 – “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”

The people were to follow the Ark We must follow Jesus Joshua 3

Romans 5:14-16 – “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of Him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.”

Romans 5:17-21 – “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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