DON’T LOOK INSIDE THE ARK

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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: left"] In the movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, the people who tried to look inside the ark were struck dead. What was inside the ark that brought judgment to those who looked into it?

The Bible tells us that the ark held the two tablets of the Ten Commandments, the pot of manna and Aaron’s rod. (Hebrews 9:4) These items were tokens of man’s rebellion. The two tablets of the Ten Commandments represented man’s rejection of God’s standards. The manna represented man’s rejection of God’s provision, and Aaron’s rod, man’s rejection of God’s appointed priesthood.

God did not want to look at these tokens of rebellion. He wanted to be merciful to His people, so He instructed them to place the items in the ark and to cover the ark with its mercy seat, which is also the place where the blood of the animal sacrifices was sprinkled.

Once a year on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to sprinkle on the mercy seat the blood of the animal that had been sacrificed. The two cherubim on the mercy seat stood as guardians of God’s righteousness and holiness.

Representing God’s eyes too, they looked at the blood on the mercy seat. As long as the blood was there, the entire nation of Israel was forgiven. God’s judgment passed over them and they were blessed for another year. (Leviticus 16)

Today, the blood sprinkled on the mercy seat is not the blood of bulls and goats, but the precious, eternal blood of the Son of God! (Hebrews 9:12) Jesus is our “mercy seat” for “He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world”. The word “propitiation” in the original Greek text is the same word as “mercy seat”. (Romans 3:25, Hebrews 9:5)

Beloved, God does not see your sins and count them against you because He sees His Son’s blood. He sees His Son’s perfect work that has more than satisfied Him. God does not want you to see your sins either. He does not want you to look inside the ark by focusing on your sins. He wants you to focus on Christ and His finished work!

Grace Inspirations Joseph Prince

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wwjd_kilden

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but.... but.... I am going to see it tomorrow!

:p :D

Die Arche Noah (Noah's ark)
 

p_rehbein

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wee elephant confused by Title of Thread..........thought it was in response to the other Thread "The Ark."

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Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 
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You forgot one thing, Grace. The holy presence of God was in the Ark of the Covenant.
 
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You forgot one thing, Grace. The holy presence of God was in the Ark of the Covenant.

Thank God that Christ is our mercy seat now and His blood took away all sin. We are in Christ now - united with Him - sealed by the Holy Spirit! What great promises of reality that us believers have now because of what our loving Lord did! Christ fulfilled all the requirements for us that were symbolized in the Ark. His presence is always with us now and for eternity.