Tabernacle Lesson 8 The Ark The Hebrew word, Arown, which
is translated ark in (Exodus
25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I
will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two
cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things
which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.) and (Exodus 26:33 And
thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither
within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you
between the holy place and the most holy.) literally means coffin. The Ark of
Testimony in the Holy of Holies is a coffin that is symbolic of the death of
Jesus.
about the Tabernacle
1. The ark is cubits
and a half long and and a half
cubit wide and high. Since a cubit equals 18 inches, the ark is 3 feet, 9
inches long, 2 feet, 3 inches wide and 2 feet 3 inches high.
to question 1.
Picture-Postage stamp, with a
picture of the Ark, Published by Israel (Exodus 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without
shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.)
to question 2.
(Exodus 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them
in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of
it, and two rings in the other side of it.) 3. The ark is to have rings
made of gold in the four with
two rings on each .
to question 3.
(Exodus
25:13-16 And thou shalt make staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings
by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark:
they shall not be taken from it. 16 And
thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.) 4. The
ark is carried by two staves made of shittim wood and overlayed with .
to question 4.
(Exodus 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in
the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.) 5. On top of the ark is a lid
that is called the seat.
to question 5.
(Exodus 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two
cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half
the breadth thereof.) 6. The mercy seat is made of
pure .
to question 6.
(Exodus 25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on
high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look
one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 7. A Cherubim is placed at
each end of the mercy seat with their stretched
forth covering the mercy seat.
to question 7.
(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;) 8. Inside of the ark was
placed the golden pot that had ,
Aaron's that budded and the
tables of the .
to question 8.
(John 6:32 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread
from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.) 9. The manna is symbolic of
Jesus as the true from heaven.
to question 9.
(Hebrews
5:5-6 So also
Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto
him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he
saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec.) 10.
Aaron' rod represented the call of Aaron (Hebrews 5:4And no man
taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was
Aaron.)) to the priesthood and is symbolic of the
call of Jesus to the priesthood after the order of .
to question 10.
(John
1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of
men. 5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.) 11. The
tables of the covenant (ten commandments) represented the word of God and is
symbolic of Jesus as the .
to question 11.
(Exodus
26:33-34 And thou shalt hang up the vail under
the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the
testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and
the most holy. 34 And
thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.) 12. The
ark of the testimony is to be put in the holy
place under the Tabernacle.
to question 12.
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