11/05/2024 – Day 135 – Exodus – Chapters 25 – 28 // 25: 10,11 – “The Ark of the Covenant as a Prophetic Type”
After reading this post, I would highly recommend to go back to two previous cycle posts (*) :
- 03/31/2022 – ” A 50 minute YouTube link tour of a Byzantine Catholic Church” – I am thinking if I could only save a dozen posts from 3,000+ posts over the past four years in this blog, this would be one of them.
- 07/12/2022 – “The Tabernacle: A Picture of Jesus”. Exodus 25-30
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This reading appears dry until we realize we have the perfect plan of our Triune God that unfolds slowly over thousands of years. It is all connected but too much for us to take in, we can only build on it over time.
The following excerpt is a footnote in “The Evidence Bible” , entitled: “The Ark of the Covenant as a Prophetic Type” Exodus 25: 10, 11 , by Dr. David R. Reagan:
“Not only is the Bible resplendent with prophetic verses, it is also full of prophetic types. ‘Prophecy in type’ is symbolic prophecy. Think of it as prophecy that has come alive, embodied in the life of a person, ceremony or thing.
Everything about the Ark of the Covenant was symbolic of the Messiah. It was made of wood, indicating the Messiah would be a human. It was overlaid with gold, signifying the Messiah would be divine.
The Ark contained three objects: the tablets of stone, a pot of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded. The tablets signified that the Messiah would have the Law of God in His heart. The manna meant the Messiah would be the Bread of Life. The rod with blossoms was a prophecy that the Messiah would arise from the dead.
The lid of the Ark was called the Mercy Seat. Once a year the High Priest sprinkled blood on the Mercy Seat to atone for the sins of Israel. The Mercy Seat to atone for the sins of Israel. The Mercy Seat pointed to the fact that through the work of the Messiah the mercy of God would cover the Law. The blood foreshadowed the fact that the Messiah would have to shed His own blood to atone for our sins.
Jesus fulfilled every prophetic type of the Ar. He was God in the flesh (John 10:30). He had the Law in his heart (Matthew 5:17). He declared Himself to be the ‘Bread of Life’ (John 6:35). And He shed His blood on the Cross, atoning for our sins and covering the Law with Grace (Romans 3: 21-26).”
Soli Deo Gloria!