ARK OF THE COVENANT / HEBREWS 9:4

(KJV) Hebrews 9:3-4  

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

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;

This was the most sacred furnishing in the Old Testament tabernacle (the portable worship center). It was a rectangular chest (3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide and 2.25 feet high) made of acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold inside and out. The ark represented God’s presence among the people. Three items were originally inside the ark of the covenant:

1. A jar of manna, the food God miraculously provided in the desert, as a reminder of God’s supernatural provision.
2. Aaron’s staff, or walking stick, as a reminder of God’s mighty acts and His choice of Aaron and his descendants as Israel’s priests.
3. The two stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments, as a reminder of the law’s importance as God’s standard for His people. The lid of the ark was a golden plate called the atonement cover. It had two solid gold angelic figures (Hebrews 9:5) on either side of what was called the mercy seat, on which sacrificial blood would be sprinkled, showing God’s saving mercy through shed blood.

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1. THE FIRST COVENANT / HEBREWS 9:1-7
2. THE BLOOD OF BULLS / HEBREWS 10:4
3. WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME / HEBREWS 9:28
4. WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD … NO FORGIVENESS / HEBREWS 9:22
5. TRAMPLED THE SON OF GOD / HEBREWS 10:29
6. SINCE WE HAVE CONFIDENCE / HEBREWS 10:19
7. MAKE THE PEOPLE HOLY / HEBREWS 13:12
8. LET US DRAW NEAR / HEBREWS 10:22
9. HE LEARNED OBEDIENCE / HEBREWS 5:8
10. THE WORD OF GOD / HEBREWS 4:12
11. OBEY THEM / HEBREWS 13:17
12. LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE CITY / HEBREWS 11:10
13. BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS / HEBREWS 11:6
14. ABEL … ENOCH … NOAH / HEBREWS 11:4-7
15. BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND / HEBREWS 11:3
16. NOW FAITH IS / HEBREWS 11:1
17. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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ARK OF THE COVENANT / HEBREWS 9:4

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This was the most sacred furnishing in the Old Testament tabernacle (the portable worship center).

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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