See, the thing is, as holy and sacred as the Ark is, and even though it was created strictly according to the Lord’s instructions, because it is still a MANMADE object, the Lord’s holiness CANNOT come into contact with it. It says that the Lord’s Spirit came to rest ABOVE or OVER the Ark but not ON it. Now notice something interesting about verse 22. You are NOT to mess around with the Holiness of God. In a sense, that gruesome final scene from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark where a bunch of Nazi henchmen get their faces melted off for attempting to steal the lost Ark is right on. ![]() God’s Holiness is NOT to be trifled with. One of the Ark bearers put out his hand to keep the Ark from slipping and was killed instantly. There is actually a terrifying incident related to us in Scripture about a time when the Ark was about to accidentally fall over over while it was being carried. Poles for carrying the ark went through those rings and were never removed. To ensure that the Ark would never be touched even when it was being carried, rings were attached to all four corners of it. Once the Ark was created and put into commission it was NEVER EVER to be touched by human hands!Ĭonsider that there was only one man, the High Priest, who was able to enter the Holy of Holies and he was only able to enter it only one day of the year, Yom Kippur.Īnd even when he did enter the Holy of Holies, he kept a nice, safe distance from the ark (about 6 or 7 feet), when he sprayed the sacrificial blood on this most holy object. ![]() I mean the gap between sinful man and a Holy God is huge! The Ark of the Covenant tells us a lot about just how separate unredeemed man is from God’s holiness. I will speak with you from above the ark-cover, from between the two Cherubim which are on the ark for the testimony, about all the orders I am giving you for the people of Israel.”-Exodus 25:22
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