2. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 (3) and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. (4) "However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before." (NASB) THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 (3) and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. (4) "However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before." (NASB)

3. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **We need to: I.EXAMINE THE TABERNACLE OF MOSES! *Notice: A.The PLANS that were RECEIVED! Exodus 25: 8 Let them construct a sanctuary for Me... 1)The pattern of the TABERNACLE 25:9 According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle... 2)The pattern of the FURNISHINGS 25:9... and the pattern of all its furniture, just so shall you construct it! **ARK (25: 10) **MERCY SEAT (25: 17,21) THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **We need to: I.EXAMINE THE TABERNACLE OF MOSES! *Notice: A.The PLANS that were RECEIVED! Exodus 25: 8 Let them construct a sanctuary for Me... 1)The pattern of the TABERNACLE 25:9 According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle... 2)The pattern of the FURNISHINGS 25:9... and the pattern of all its furniture, just so shall you construct it! **ARK (25: 10) **MERCY SEAT (25: 17,21)

4. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 B.The PURPOSE that was REVEALED! Exodus 25: 8... that I may dwell among them 1)HABITATION: 25: 8... that I may dwell among them 2)MANIFESTATION: 25: 22... there I will meet with you 3)COMMUNICATION: 25: 22 from above the mercy seat... I will speak to you THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 B.The PURPOSE that was REVEALED! Exodus 25: 8... that I may dwell among them 1)HABITATION: 25: 8... that I may dwell among them 2)MANIFESTATION: 25: 22... there I will meet with you 3)COMMUNICATION: 25: 22 from above the mercy seat... I will speak to you

5. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **We need to: II.EXPLORE THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID! A.The DESIRE was being EXPERIENCED! 1 Samuel 7: 2 From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath- jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord! 1)The PRIESTHOOD was DEFILED! 1 Samuel 3: 11-14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering. 2)The NATION was DEFEATED! 1 Samuel 4: 2 When the battle spread, Israel was defeated 3)The GLORY had DEPARTED! 1 Samuel 4: 21 And she called the boy Ichabod, saying “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.” THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **We need to: II.EXPLORE THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID! A.The DESIRE was being EXPERIENCED! 1 Samuel 7: 2 From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath- jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord! 1)The PRIESTHOOD was DEFILED! 1 Samuel 3: 11-14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering. 2)The NATION was DEFEATED! 1 Samuel 4: 2 When the battle spread, Israel was defeated 3)The GLORY had DEPARTED! 1 Samuel 4: 21 And she called the boy Ichabod, saying “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.”

6. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 B.The DECISION was being EMBRACED! 1 Chronicles 13: 1 Then David consulted with... every leader 2... if it seems good to you and if it is from the Lord our God... 3 let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul 4 The all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people! C.The DISTINCTION was EVALUATED! 2 Samuel 6: 9 So David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 B.The DECISION was being EMBRACED! 1 Chronicles 13: 1 Then David consulted with... every leader 2... if it seems good to you and if it is from the Lord our God... 3 let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul 4 The all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people! C.The DISTINCTION was EVALUATED! 2 Samuel 6: 9 So David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”

7. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 MOSES:DAVID: **REGULATIONS RELATIONSHIP **OBSERVATION PARTICIPATION **SILENCENOISE THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 MOSES:DAVID: **REGULATIONS RELATIONSHIP **OBSERVATION PARTICIPATION **SILENCENOISE

8. THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **The Tabernacle of Moses was wonderful as long as the PRESENCE of GOD was there! **God is the SAME but He does not STAY in the same PLACES! The ARK moves on but some PEOPLE stay in the same PLACES and do the same THINGS! THE ARK IS MOVING! Joshua 3: 3-4 **The Tabernacle of Moses was wonderful as long as the PRESENCE of GOD was there! **God is the SAME but He does not STAY in the same PLACES! The ARK moves on but some PEOPLE stay in the same PLACES and do the same THINGS!