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“What’s an Ark?” - Noah
“What’s an Ark?” - Noah
“Why Is Noah’s Ark Important? “
“Why Is Noah’s Ark Important? “
Matthew 24:38–39: Luke 17:26–30
Jesus made a point of telling His Disciples, the importance of Noah, the ark, and the flood that destroyed the world, and how it related His second coming. Yet Jesus made a distinction, the significant difference between the Flood, which destroyed the world with rain and water, and His second coming, which will be marked by raining fire. Unless you spend some time in a Sunday school class, you would not normally see pictures, or hear stories about Noah. The typical children's church story will be about a smiling man and a little wooden boat, with a pitched roof, and smiling animals with their heads sticking out all over the place. While this is very enjoyable, this image does not lend credence to a sinful world, a righteous man, and God's Plan to save his family, and all the different kinds of animals, from a massive worldwide flood.
Jesus made a point of telling His Disciples, the importance of Noah, the ark, and the flood that destroyed the world, and how it related His second coming. Yet Jesus made a distinction, the significant difference between the Flood, which destroyed the world with rain and water, and His second coming, which will be marked by raining fire. Unless you spend some time in a Sunday school class, you would not normally see pictures, or hear stories about Noah. The typical children's church story will be about a smiling man and a little wooden boat, with a pitched roof, and smiling animals with their heads sticking out all over the place. While this is very enjoyable, this image does not lend credence to a sinful world, a righteous man, and God's Plan to save his family, and all the different kinds of animals, from a massive worldwide flood.
I used to listen to Bill Cosby as a child, he was one of the few comedians my parents would let me listen to, he had a funny skit about Noah, and an ark.
I used to listen to Bill Cosby as a child, he was one of the few comedians my parents would let me listen to, he had a funny skit about Noah, and an ark.
(The skit would begin with Bill Cosby doing an imitation of God,) "Noah, this is God."
(The skit would begin with Bill Cosby doing an imitation of God,) "Noah, this is God."
(Then Bill Cosby responded with the voice of Noah,) "Right! Who is this really?"
(Then Bill Cosby responded with the voice of Noah,) "Right! Who is this really?"
(As God again,) "Noah, I want you to build an ark."
(As God again,) "Noah, I want you to build an ark."
(As Noah again,) "Right! What's an ark?"
(As Noah again,) "Right! What's an ark?"
(Then God again), “I want you to build it 300 cubits by 50 cubits by 30 cubits.” (
(Then God again), “I want you to build it 300 cubits by 50 cubits by 30 cubits.” (
(Then Noah again), “Right! What’s a cubit?”
(Then Noah again), “Right! What’s a cubit?”
“What’s An Ark?”
“What’s An Ark?”
Genesis 6:14
The word ark, appears over 220 times in the Bible, most translators will simply call the ark a box, which is what the writers of the Greek Old Testament, (called the Septuagint), and the writers of the Greek New Testament did, when they used the Greek word, κιβωτός (pronounced kibotos), for every instance of the word. Yet there are two separate Hebrew words that are translated ark. The most common word is, אֲרֹון (pronounced ʾarown), translated 195 times as the ark of the covenant, 6 times a strongbox, or money chest placed outside the gate of the temple, (2 Kings 12:9-10, 2 Chronicles 24:8, 10-11), and 1 time as the coffin in Egypt where Jacob's bones were buried, (Genesis 50:26). The second Hebrew word, תֵּבָה (pronounced tebah), is only used for Noah's ark, (Genesis 6-9), and the ark Moses was placed in before being set adrift on the Nile, (Exodus 2:3, 5). If The LORD had wanted the tebah (ark) to be thought of as a box, why would Moses intentionally use a completely different word? The verb uses of the root word tebah, is more in line with understanding, discernment, like a journey, or a passage, between death to life. Therefore the tebah (ark), is the door, and the way, through the destruction of all life on the face of the earth.
The word ark, appears over 220 times in the Bible, most translators will simply call the ark a box, which is what the writers of the Greek Old Testament, (called the Septuagint), and the writers of the Greek New Testament did, when they used the Greek word, κιβωτός (pronounced kibotos), for every instance of the word. Yet there are two separate Hebrew words that are translated ark. The most common word is, אֲרֹון (pronounced ʾarown), translated 195 times as the ark of the covenant, 6 times a strongbox, or money chest placed outside the gate of the temple, (2 Kings 12:9-10, 2 Chronicles 24:8, 10-11), and 1 time as the coffin in Egypt where Jacob's bones were buried, (Genesis 50:26). The second Hebrew word, תֵּבָה (pronounced tebah), is only used for Noah's ark, (Genesis 6-9), and the ark Moses was placed in before being set adrift on the Nile, (Exodus 2:3, 5). If The LORD had wanted the tebah (ark) to be thought of as a box, why would Moses intentionally use a completely different word? The verb uses of the root word tebah, is more in line with understanding, discernment, like a journey, or a passage, between death to life. Therefore the tebah (ark), is the door, and the way, through the destruction of all life on the face of the earth.
“Why An Ark?”
“Why An Ark?”
Genesis 6:3, 5-12
The LORD was grieved, with the sin mankind committed on the earth. This set the clock. The LORD would destroy all life on the face of the earth with a global flood in 120 years. Yet many scholars believe The LORD gave Noah time to have 3 children (verses 8-10) and watch them grow up, (roughly 30-50 years), before Shem, Ham, Japheth and Noah actually built the tebah, (ark). (Genesis 6:13-16.) Noah and his family floated (Genesis 8) on the tebah, (ark), for some 300 days, (nearly a whole year), with every known animal type with them, so the vessel needed to be strongly built.
The LORD was grieved, with the sin mankind committed on the earth. This set the clock. The LORD would destroy all life on the face of the earth with a global flood in 120 years. Yet many scholars believe The LORD gave Noah time to have 3 children (verses 8-10) and watch them grow up, (roughly 30-50 years), before Shem, Ham, Japheth and Noah actually built the tebah, (ark). (Genesis 6:13-16.) Noah and his family floated (Genesis 8) on the tebah, (ark), for some 300 days, (nearly a whole year), with every known animal type with them, so the vessel needed to be strongly built.
“What’s Gopher Wood?”
“What’s Gopher Wood?”
Genesis 6:14
The LORD told Noah to use גֹּפֶר, (not the animal, a transliteration of the Hebrew, pronounced), gopher wood to build the tebah (ark), which some translators believe should be rendered, sulfur wood. When sulfur is used to treat and cure wood, it has been known to both strengthen the cells of the wood, and dramatically strengthen the joints, where they have been treated with sulfur, resulting in a very strong, (and some believe a much lighter), vessel. The tebah (ark) was then to be treated with pitch on both the inside and outside, and Noah was to install a nearly 2 foot noonday hatch door, (many believe this hatch, or window, was clear), on the very top of the tebah (ark). There are arguments that would have you believe the tebah (ark) was nothing more than a rough box built by primitive man, instead of the self-contained ecosystem God designed the tebah, or, the way between death and life, to be.
The LORD told Noah to use גֹּפֶר, (not the animal, a transliteration of the Hebrew, pronounced), gopher wood to build the tebah (ark), which some translators believe should be rendered, sulfur wood. When sulfur is used to treat and cure wood, it has been known to both strengthen the cells of the wood, and dramatically strengthen the joints, where they have been treated with sulfur, resulting in a very strong, (and some believe a much lighter), vessel. The tebah (ark) was then to be treated with pitch on both the inside and outside, and Noah was to install a nearly 2 foot noonday hatch door, (many believe this hatch, or window, was clear), on the very top of the tebah (ark). There are arguments that would have you believe the tebah (ark) was nothing more than a rough box built by primitive man, instead of the self-contained ecosystem God designed the tebah, or, the way between death and life, to be.
“What’s A Cubit?”
“What’s A Cubit?”
Genesis 6:15
The dimensions The LORD Gave Noah for the ark was in cubits. A cubit is the measurement between your elbow and fingertip, somewhere between 18-21 inches. To put how big the tebah (ark) was, (using the shortest cubit, 18 inches), into today's perspective. The tebah (ark) was about 450 feet (300 cubits) long, (one and a half times the length of the playing area of a football field), roughly 75 feet (50 cubits) wide, (as wide as the playing area of the football field), and nearly 45 feet (30 cubits) high (as tall as the length of the trailer of a big-rig). It was roughly half the size of a mid-sized air-craft carrier, or one third the size of a luxury cruise-liner. If the tebah (ark) was simply a box, it would not have been difficult to build, Noah and his three sons could have easily built a large, simple barge, in less than one tenth the time (5-7 years). So why did God tell Noah almost 120 years before the flood, and why did it take Noah and his family over 70 years to actually build the tebah, (ark)?
The dimensions The LORD Gave Noah for the ark was in cubits. A cubit is the measurement between your elbow and fingertip, somewhere between 18-21 inches. To put how big the tebah (ark) was, (using the shortest cubit, 18 inches), into today's perspective. The tebah (ark) was about 450 feet (300 cubits) long, (one and a half times the length of the playing area of a football field), roughly 75 feet (50 cubits) wide, (as wide as the playing area of the football field), and nearly 45 feet (30 cubits) high (as tall as the length of the trailer of a big-rig). It was roughly half the size of a mid-sized air-craft carrier, or one third the size of a luxury cruise-liner. If the tebah (ark) was simply a box, it would not have been difficult to build, Noah and his three sons could have easily built a large, simple barge, in less than one tenth the time (5-7 years). So why did God tell Noah almost 120 years before the flood, and why did it take Noah and his family over 70 years to actually build the tebah, (ark)?
“What Do The Animals Eat And Drink?”
“What Do The Animals Eat And Drink?”
Genesis 6:19-21
It would make more sense for Noah to breed, the animals The LORD brought to him, and keep them penned up, to get the animals used to being enclosed, while Noah and his family were building. The word for take, לָקַח (pronounced law·kakh), is also used, to marry, and the word for gather, אָסַף (pronounced ʾacaph), to assemble, conceive, or impregnate. Does it make sense, to gather and dry store, enough food, for 8 people to constantly drag up and down 3 levels, to feed all the animals, and then clean up after them? If the tebah (ark) was just to be waterproofed, coating the outside would have been more than sufficient. But, when the command to treat the outside and inside of the tebah with a waterproofing agent, is added to the command to build a lower, תַּחְתִּי (pronounced takh·tee), translated nether parts, the dark and hidden interior of the womb. The implication is the lowest region, or womb, would be filled with water, to house the amphibious and other semi-aquatic dwelling animals. Noah built out a second and third (level), each to be outfitted with nests, עָשָׂה קֵן (pronounced aw·saw kane) as in fashioning nests, or aviaries, which if the womb was filled with water, (as is implied), marshes, and other plants, (what the animals would need to eat) would grow from the very walls of the ark in each of the nest-like enclosures, letting the waste naturally sluice down the waterproofed walls, to collect and be cleansed by the growing bacteria in the womb. Thereby nurturing the plants that feed the animals, and converting the CO2 to breathable oxygen.
It would make more sense for Noah to breed, the animals The LORD brought to him, and keep them penned up, to get the animals used to being enclosed, while Noah and his family were building. The word for take, לָקַח (pronounced law·kakh), is also used, to marry, and the word for gather, אָסַף (pronounced ʾacaph), to assemble, conceive, or impregnate. Does it make sense, to gather and dry store, enough food, for 8 people to constantly drag up and down 3 levels, to feed all the animals, and then clean up after them? If the tebah (ark) was just to be waterproofed, coating the outside would have been more than sufficient. But, when the command to treat the outside and inside of the tebah with a waterproofing agent, is added to the command to build a lower, תַּחְתִּי (pronounced takh·tee), translated nether parts, the dark and hidden interior of the womb. The implication is the lowest region, or womb, would be filled with water, to house the amphibious and other semi-aquatic dwelling animals. Noah built out a second and third (level), each to be outfitted with nests, עָשָׂה קֵן (pronounced aw·saw kane) as in fashioning nests, or aviaries, which if the womb was filled with water, (as is implied), marshes, and other plants, (what the animals would need to eat) would grow from the very walls of the ark in each of the nest-like enclosures, letting the waste naturally sluice down the waterproofed walls, to collect and be cleansed by the growing bacteria in the womb. Thereby nurturing the plants that feed the animals, and converting the CO2 to breathable oxygen.
“Where Do You Put All The Animals?”
“Where Do You Put All The Animals?”
Genesis 7:2-3
When The LORD told Noah it was time, Noah probably brought 2 recently weaned youths of each unclean animal, and a mix of youths to adults, of the 7 each, clean animals with him. This would have dramatically minimized the space required to house all the animals needed to completely repopulate the earth. By bringing on recently weaned, but not fully developed animals, and taking into account that the majority of the animals, including birds, insects and reptiles, would be significantly smaller, and thereby take less space than a person, the tebah (ark) would easily hold some 40,000 plus, different kinds, or species of animals. There are over 500 different kinds of dogs, but all variations of dogs and wolves would be fulfilled with 2 canines. Same would hold when he brought on the birds, amphibians and dinosaurs onto the ark. Noah would have brought on board very young, or if there was a way to properly sex the animal embryos, Noah could have brought on 2 eggs, of each of the unclean birds, amphibians and dinosaurs, that would have further minimized the space used on the ark, those creatures would have spent a great deal of the trip incubating. When the eggs finally hatched, meal-worms or other easily caught food sources could have nourished the creatures while they grew within their nests with very little human supervision.
When The LORD told Noah it was time, Noah probably brought 2 recently weaned youths of each unclean animal, and a mix of youths to adults, of the 7 each, clean animals with him. This would have dramatically minimized the space required to house all the animals needed to completely repopulate the earth. By bringing on recently weaned, but not fully developed animals, and taking into account that the majority of the animals, including birds, insects and reptiles, would be significantly smaller, and thereby take less space than a person, the tebah (ark) would easily hold some 40,000 plus, different kinds, or species of animals. There are over 500 different kinds of dogs, but all variations of dogs and wolves would be fulfilled with 2 canines. Same would hold when he brought on the birds, amphibians and dinosaurs onto the ark. Noah would have brought on board very young, or if there was a way to properly sex the animal embryos, Noah could have brought on 2 eggs, of each of the unclean birds, amphibians and dinosaurs, that would have further minimized the space used on the ark, those creatures would have spent a great deal of the trip incubating. When the eggs finally hatched, meal-worms or other easily caught food sources could have nourished the creatures while they grew within their nests with very little human supervision.
“Where Is The Way, Jesus?”
“Where Is The Way, Jesus?”
John 10:9; John 14:6; Acts 24:14
Jesus is our Shepherd, and not taking anything away from the image of Christ as our protector and guide, we can add to that, the understanding of what the tebah, (ark) signified. Jesus made a profound statement, when He said, "I am the door…" the author used the Greek word, θύρα (pronounced thura), which means door, but it also means a way into, or passage into, similar in meaning to the definition of tebah (ark), Noah and his family entered into. Later Jesus made another pronouncement, also using the imagery of Jesus as the tebah (ark), Jesus told his Disciples, "I am the way…" The author used the Greek word ὁδός, (pronounced hodos), or way, which also means a journey, road, or a course of conduct. The same word Paul used as the name Jesus' followers were known by, followers of the Way. Jesus wanted His Disciples to know that He was not just their Shepherd and Guide, but Jesus is very much the tebah (ark), Jesus is the only safe passage through the destruction of the dying, sinful world.
Jesus is our Shepherd, and not taking anything away from the image of Christ as our protector and guide, we can add to that, the understanding of what the tebah, (ark) signified. Jesus made a profound statement, when He said, "I am the door…" the author used the Greek word, θύρα (pronounced thura), which means door, but it also means a way into, or passage into, similar in meaning to the definition of tebah (ark), Noah and his family entered into. Later Jesus made another pronouncement, also using the imagery of Jesus as the tebah (ark), Jesus told his Disciples, "I am the way…" The author used the Greek word ὁδός, (pronounced hodos), or way, which also means a journey, road, or a course of conduct. The same word Paul used as the name Jesus' followers were known by, followers of the Way. Jesus wanted His Disciples to know that He was not just their Shepherd and Guide, but Jesus is very much the tebah (ark), Jesus is the only safe passage through the destruction of the dying, sinful world.
“Where Is Our Home, Jesus?”
“Where Is Our Home, Jesus?”
John 14:2-6
The imagery used when God told Noah to build the tebah (ark), is remarkably similar to the word-picture Jesus used with His Disciples, by telling them (and us), there is plenty of room for each one of us in Heaven, (vs 2). Jesus comforted His Disciples (vs 2), “...for I go to prepare a place for you.” Jesus Himself would prepare the dwelling-place specifically designed for us in Heaven, within His Own Body (vs 4).This was brought home with the question and answer, between Jesus, (vs 4), “And you know the way?” and Thomas (vs 5), “Lord, how do we know the way?” Jesus completed the mind-picture of Jesus as the only Tebah, when Jesus made the often quoted statement (vs 6), “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” When Jesus made a point of again reminding His Disciples , that He is The Tebah to life everlasting in Heaven with God.
The imagery used when God told Noah to build the tebah (ark), is remarkably similar to the word-picture Jesus used with His Disciples, by telling them (and us), there is plenty of room for each one of us in Heaven, (vs 2). Jesus comforted His Disciples (vs 2), “...for I go to prepare a place for you.” Jesus Himself would prepare the dwelling-place specifically designed for us in Heaven, within His Own Body (vs 4).This was brought home with the question and answer, between Jesus, (vs 4), “And you know the way?” and Thomas (vs 5), “Lord, how do we know the way?” Jesus completed the mind-picture of Jesus as the only Tebah, when Jesus made the often quoted statement (vs 6), “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” When Jesus made a point of again reminding His Disciples , that He is The Tebah to life everlasting in Heaven with God.
“What about the other Ark, Jesus?”
“What about the other Ark, Jesus?”
Exodus 19:18; Exodus 25:10-22; Exodus 26:1; Exodus 40:20-21; 1 Kings 8:4-6
The Ark of the Covenant of The LORD, also called, The Ark of God, The Ark of The LORD, The Ark of the Testimony, the Holy Ark or simply the Ark. The ʾarown (chest, ark), was covered with a curtain made of fine twisted linen from the Temple carried by the children of Israel when God led them through the wilderness, and when the people went into battle. When the ʾarown (chest, ark) was not carried, it was placed in the innermost chamber, the holy of holies, inside the portable Tent of Meeting, from the time of Moses (Ex 40:20-21), through David, until it was moved into Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:4-6). The ʾarown (ark) itself was nothing special, it was little more than a wooden box, carried by 2 wooden poles, covered inside and out with gold (vs 10-15). The mercy seat, כַּפֹּרֶת, (pronounced kapporeth), was made of gold, with 2 golden cherub worked into the design (vs 17-20), The Presence of God sat above the kapporeth (covering), while the kapporeth (covering) protected everything within the the ʾarown (chest, ark) from the Unimaginable Power of the Holy Presence of Almighty God (Ex 19:18).
The Ark of the Covenant of The LORD, also called, The Ark of God, The Ark of The LORD, The Ark of the Testimony, the Holy Ark or simply the Ark. The ʾarown (chest, ark), was covered with a curtain made of fine twisted linen from the Temple carried by the children of Israel when God led them through the wilderness, and when the people went into battle. When the ʾarown (chest, ark) was not carried, it was placed in the innermost chamber, the holy of holies, inside the portable Tent of Meeting, from the time of Moses (Ex 40:20-21), through David, until it was moved into Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:4-6). The ʾarown (ark) itself was nothing special, it was little more than a wooden box, carried by 2 wooden poles, covered inside and out with gold (vs 10-15). The mercy seat, כַּפֹּרֶת, (pronounced kapporeth), was made of gold, with 2 golden cherub worked into the design (vs 17-20), The Presence of God sat above the kapporeth (covering), while the kapporeth (covering) protected everything within the the ʾarown (chest, ark) from the Unimaginable Power of the Holy Presence of Almighty God (Ex 19:18).
“What’s In The Ark, Jesus?”
“What’s In The Ark, Jesus?”
Exodus 16:32-33; Exodus 40:20; Leviticus 16:11-17; 1Samuel 4:10-11; 1 Samuel 6:1-2, 4, 8-9; 2 Samuel 15:24-25, 29; 1 Kings 8:9; Hebrews 9:4
Over the 40 years God marched the children of Israel around the wilderness, God commanded the children of Israel to place 3 specific items with the ʾarown (ark), (Hebrews 9:4), The first item was an omerful of manna (Ex 16:32-33), in a golden jar, the second, the tablets of the covenant (Ex 40:20), containing the Ten Commandments, the last was the staff of Aaron (Num 17:10), that budded almond branches with almonds. By the time Solomon’s Temple was dedicated, the only items that remained with the ʾarown (ark), were the tablets of the covenant containing the Ten Commandments (1Kings 8:9). The manna (bread from Heaven) is believed to have been removed, (possibly eaten) by the Philistines, פְּלִשְׁתִּי (also translated sojourners), while the ʾarown (ark) was in the hands of Israel’s enemies, (1 Sam 4:10-11), before David returned it to the Tabernacle. While the staff of Aaron is believed to have been left by the priests when they carried the ʾarown (ark) and the rod of Aaron, as they followed David, when he and his entourage ran from his son Absolom (2 Samuel 15:24-29). In their haste the priests left the staff of Aaron stuck in the ground, when the priests returned to Jerusalem, and David crossed over the top of the mountain (Golgotha). The staff of Aaron which had budded almond branches and almonds, put down roots and became the very almond tree on which Jesus was crucified.
Over the 40 years God marched the children of Israel around the wilderness, God commanded the children of Israel to place 3 specific items with the ʾarown (ark), (Hebrews 9:4), The first item was an omerful of manna (Ex 16:32-33), in a golden jar, the second, the tablets of the covenant (Ex 40:20), containing the Ten Commandments, the last was the staff of Aaron (Num 17:10), that budded almond branches with almonds. By the time Solomon’s Temple was dedicated, the only items that remained with the ʾarown (ark), were the tablets of the covenant containing the Ten Commandments (1Kings 8:9). The manna (bread from Heaven) is believed to have been removed, (possibly eaten) by the Philistines, פְּלִשְׁתִּי (also translated sojourners), while the ʾarown (ark) was in the hands of Israel’s enemies, (1 Sam 4:10-11), before David returned it to the Tabernacle. While the staff of Aaron is believed to have been left by the priests when they carried the ʾarown (ark) and the rod of Aaron, as they followed David, when he and his entourage ran from his son Absolom (2 Samuel 15:24-29). In their haste the priests left the staff of Aaron stuck in the ground, when the priests returned to Jerusalem, and David crossed over the top of the mountain (Golgotha). The staff of Aaron which had budded almond branches and almonds, put down roots and became the very almond tree on which Jesus was crucified.
“What Do I Wear In Heaven, Jesus?”
“What Do I Wear In Heaven, Jesus?”
Job 29:14; Acts 7:55-56; Romans 13:8-10; Romans 13:14; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24; Colossians 3:10-11; Revelation 7:15
Jesus is the propitiation (covering) for the sin that separates mankind from God - Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17; 1John 2:3; 1 John 4:10
Jesus is the propitiation (covering) for the sin that separates mankind from God - Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17; 1John 2:3; 1 John 4:10
Jesus fulfills the Law (the covenant of God containing the Ten Commandments) Matt 7:12; 22:39; John 13:34; Rom 13:10; Gal 5:14; James 2:8
Jesus fulfills the Law (the covenant of God containing the Ten Commandments) Matt 7:12; 22:39; John 13:34; Rom 13:10; Gal 5:14; James 2:8
Baptized in Christ - Matt 28:19; Rom 6:3; 1 Cor 10:2
Baptized in Christ - Matt 28:19; Rom 6:3; 1 Cor 10:2
The Disciples will Reign with (or in) Jesus Christ - Matthew 19:28; 2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:22; Revelation 20:4
The Disciples will Reign with (or in) Jesus Christ - Matthew 19:28; 2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:22; Revelation 20:4
Jesus stands at the throne and welcomes the elect unto Himself in Heaven - Job 29:14; Romans 13:10; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:24
Jesus stands at the throne and welcomes the elect unto Himself in Heaven - Job 29:14; Romans 13:10; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:24
"If I Could Walk On Water Would I Believe In You Jesus?"
"If I Could Walk On Water Would I Believe In You Jesus?"
Genesis 1:1–4; Genesis 2:4–9; Ps 65:9, 10; Matthew 14:13–33; Mark 6:33–51; John 6:1–21
Jesus walked on the water, was called a Spirit, empowered Peter to walk with Him, saved Peter, calmed the sea. Then instantly transported Himself and the boat full of His Disciples to Bethsaida, (house of fish), the destination He told them they were going. Once is important, twice is an imperative, and the third time, is an image of something God Promised. God started with water in the beginning, when He created man and woman, He placed them in the Garden (enclosure) provided fed them and sent them on their way. Jesus did not come in a craft to save mankind from their sin, Jesus Himself came to become mankind's Food and Enclosure, to complete their journey, and Be The Tebah, (ark), The Way.
Jesus walked on the water, was called a Spirit, empowered Peter to walk with Him, saved Peter, calmed the sea. Then instantly transported Himself and the boat full of His Disciples to Bethsaida, (house of fish), the destination He told them they were going. Once is important, twice is an imperative, and the third time, is an image of something God Promised. God started with water in the beginning, when He created man and woman, He placed them in the Garden (enclosure) provided fed them and sent them on their way. Jesus did not come in a craft to save mankind from their sin, Jesus Himself came to become mankind's Food and Enclosure, to complete their journey, and Be The Tebah, (ark), The Way.
“What Will My Heart Feel, Surrounded By Your Glory Jesus?”
“What Will My Heart Feel, Surrounded By Your Glory Jesus?”
Ex 25:40; Col 2:17; Hebrews 8:1-2, 5; Heb 10:1; Heb 9:11, 24
The symbolism of the ʾarown (ark) of the covenant, was but a shadow of Who Is in the Tabernacle in Heaven. Here on earth, the actual Presence of God, truly sat above a shadow of the kapporeth, (mercy seat, covering) that was to come. The manna, ((Jesus - The Bread of Life, eaten by Israel and by her enemies, so no one would be left out) the symbol of Jesus' Flesh and the rod of Aaron, the budding bridge between man and God, (The cross of Calvary, where Jesus mingled the Flesh of humanity with the Essence of the Triune God - see Menorah Sermon), already removed. Leaving only the covenant wrought in stone, that no sinful mortal man, only the Sinless God-Man could fulfil. In Heaven, Jesus The Lamb of God, The Propitiation and, the True Covering, so all that dwell within the Door marked by His Blood, will live. Jesus is seated on the throne in Heaven, a little lower than Almighty God The Father. Jesus shed His Own Blood that He Himself would become The Ultimate Kapporeth (Covering) for the sin that separated man from The Presence God, and The Ultimate Way, Tebah (Ark) that gives us everlasting life in God's Presence. Jesus is our safe Passageway to Heaven and our Home and Sustenance forever in Heaven, Christ Jesus Redeemed and re-establish a right relationship with us, and God the Father. I will leave you with a bit of God’s sense of humor. For all the Christians who warn other Christians not to put God in a box. What would you say if I told you, Jesus is the Box, and all along, His plan has been to put all who would believe in Him, inside That Box. See you at the Feast in Heaven, in the Presence of the Almighty.
The symbolism of the ʾarown (ark) of the covenant, was but a shadow of Who Is in the Tabernacle in Heaven. Here on earth, the actual Presence of God, truly sat above a shadow of the kapporeth, (mercy seat, covering) that was to come. The manna, ((Jesus - The Bread of Life, eaten by Israel and by her enemies, so no one would be left out) the symbol of Jesus' Flesh and the rod of Aaron, the budding bridge between man and God, (The cross of Calvary, where Jesus mingled the Flesh of humanity with the Essence of the Triune God - see Menorah Sermon), already removed. Leaving only the covenant wrought in stone, that no sinful mortal man, only the Sinless God-Man could fulfil. In Heaven, Jesus The Lamb of God, The Propitiation and, the True Covering, so all that dwell within the Door marked by His Blood, will live. Jesus is seated on the throne in Heaven, a little lower than Almighty God The Father. Jesus shed His Own Blood that He Himself would become The Ultimate Kapporeth (Covering) for the sin that separated man from The Presence God, and The Ultimate Way, Tebah (Ark) that gives us everlasting life in God's Presence. Jesus is our safe Passageway to Heaven and our Home and Sustenance forever in Heaven, Christ Jesus Redeemed and re-establish a right relationship with us, and God the Father. I will leave you with a bit of God’s sense of humor. For all the Christians who warn other Christians not to put God in a box. What would you say if I told you, Jesus is the Box, and all along, His plan has been to put all who would believe in Him, inside That Box. See you at the Feast in Heaven, in the Presence of the Almighty.