The Arks of the Covenant...


The First Ark of the Covenant.

It held the Word of GOD written on stone tablets.
It held the symbol of the High Priest, the Rod of Aaron.
It held the Manna, the Bread come down from Heaven.

                                             Hebrews 9:4

It was made of incorruptible wood.
"And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood..."

                                                               Exodus 25:10, Septuagint


The New Ark of the Covenant...


She carried the Word of GOD Incarnate.
She carried the High Priest of GOD.
She carried the Bread come down from Heaven.

                                                          Luke 2:7

She was assumed, incorruptible into Heaven.

"And the temple of GOD in Heaven was opened,
and there was seen the "Ark of His Covenant" in His temple,
and there came flashes of lightning, and peals of thunder,
and an earthquake, and great hail.
And a great sign appeared in Heaven:
a Woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon was under her feet,
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars."

                                                                  Rev 11:19-12:1

The Old Testament Ark of the Covenant was a "Type" of the New Testament reality,
the "Antitype" reality being the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Ark as seen in Heaven is not the Old Testament wooden box.
It is the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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January, 1998
Updated, April 21, 2000


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