The Ark Of His Covenant 101605
The Ark Of His Covenant
This is The LORD’s framework for dealing with HIS people
First mention in Genesis 6:14-18 concerning saving his people in the ark
Ark – is a vessel, a basket, Noah’s Ark was built like a barge
The Ark had three floors or stories, as in Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the power of unity as in a 3 fold cord, Ecclesiates 4:11-12
The Ark of The Covenant, Noah was safe in there, Noah and us are not in the dark, but in the ark, within Christ is the Ark of our covenant, The LORD himself shut the door for Noah, Genesis 7:16, there would have been fingernail marks on the outside of the ark
First there is the ark, and then there is the covenant, as in the 10 Commandments
While judgment is being meted out on the earth, HIS covenant people are safe in HIS ark
The Ark is the sign or symbol of the covenant, Israel took it into battle, as a symbol that God was with them
Ark and Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:3-11 now the Ark is an empty box, there was no covenant attached, as they had ceased to act like covenant people
We must know our covenant, and call and act on it, Daniel 11:30-36, him being the anti-christ, the enemy will reward those who violate The Covenant of God, for the enemy hates covenant, and he hates covenant people
Covenant is bereeth, to cut, by passing a knife between flesh, a league
A formal agreement between two parties with each assuming some obligation
In the scriptural context it is made from the greater to the lesser, God initiates