• The Ark Is Described In: NUM 17.8-10

• Breakdown Description:
• The Ark Was A Box 45 Inches Long, 27 Inches Wide, And 27 Inches High. It Was Made Of Acacia Wood Plated With Gold. This Symbolised The Unity Of Both God And Man In Jesus Christ.
• The Urn Of Manna Therein Represented The Sin Of Rejecting God's Generous Provision.
• Aaron's Rod That Budded Therein Represented The Sin Of Rebelling Against God's Chosen Authority.
• The Stone Tables Of The Law Represented The Sin Of Transgressing God's Law.
• The Fact That All These Items Were Inside The Ark Represented Christ Covering Our Sins By His Work On The Cross.

• The Hebrew Berith And The Greek Diatheke Do Not Refer To A Testament, But A Covenant Made By God In Favor Of Man.

• The New Covenant To The Church Was Bought By Christ's Death, But Ratified By His Resurrection.

• Each Dispensation, Or Time Period In History, Was Characterized By Divine Covenants:
• Age Of The Gentiles: Adamic And Noahic Covenants
• Age Of Israel: Mosaic, Palestinian, Davidic, And New Covenants.
• Age Of The Church: New Covenant To The Church.

• The Covenants To Israel:
• The Adamic Covenant Specified That Salvation Would Come Through Woman: GEN 2.15; 3.15
• The Noahic Covenant Established The Messianic Line Through Seth: GEN 6.18; 8.21-9.17
• The Abrahamic Covenant Placed The Messianic Line Through Abraham And His Descendants.
• The Davidic Covenant Placed The Messianic Line Through David, Bathsheba, Solomon, And Nathan.

• Abrahamic Covenant In Detail:
• Promised A New Race (The Jews) And A New Nation (Israel).
• Original Covenant Outlined: GEN 12.1-3
• Promised Certain Lands To Israel: GEN 13.14-16; 15.18-21
• Promised A Heavenly City, New Jerusalem: REV 21.2, 10
• The Covenant Was The Basis Of The Exodus: EXO 6.2-8

• Mosaic Covenant Outlined:
• The Covenant Was Given To The Nation Israel, Believer And Unbeliever Alike.
• It Was A Combination Of Divine Laws Of Government And Spiritual Instructions For Israel.
• This Covenant Was Never Given To The Church, Or To The Gentiles.

• Palestinian Covenant Outlined:
• A Land Grant Was Given To Israel, Which Will Not Be Fulfilled Until The Millinium.
• This Land Included All Of Modern Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq To The Borders Of Iran, Most Of The Tigris Euphrates Valley, And Portions Of Egypt: NUM 34.1-12; DEU 31.1-9; JOSH 1.3-4

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