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The Ark of the Covenant going 2,000 cubits before Israel
The "Ark of the Covenant" (Josh.3:1-6) is a shadow (model, type, picture, example, blueprint) of what Jesus is to the Church today. As the priests carried the Ark ahead of the "Church in the wilderness"(Acts.7:38, 1Cor.10:11) 2000 cubits, Jesus has gone ahead of the Church 2000 years, waiting (Acts.3:19-21, Rev.10:7) in the midst of the Jordan for the "complete collection"1 of all the people of God at His Second Coming.
1. What was the Ark of the Covenant?
The Ark of the Covenant belonged in the Most Holy
place
of the Tabernacle of Moses. This was where
God met with Moses. (Exod.25:10-22) This was
where God gave commandment for all things
concerning the "Church in the wilderness."
(Israel Acts.7:38)
a. It was two and a half cubits long, a
cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a
half high. (Exod.25:10) A Cubit is approx.18"
b. It was made of shittim wood and overlaid with
gold. (Exod.25:11)
c. It had a lid called the "mercy seat." (Exod.25:20)
d. The mercy seat was covered by two cherubims
that stretched forth their wings.
(Exod.25:20- 22)
e. The Ark had four rings with four staves for
traveling. Exod.25:12-15; 30:4, Num.7:9, 1Chron.15:14)
2. Why the Ark of the Covenant is a "ensample" (type) of Christ.
After Jesus resurrected, He appeared unto the disciples "speaking of the things pertaining to
the kingdom of God" (Acts.1:3) and opened their understanding to the Law of Moses.
(Luke.24:1-45, Acts.1:3) Jesus completed (fulfilled) the pattern of the Tabernacle which
included the Ark. He did not destroy it! (Matt.5:17-19) Neither did any of the apostles.
(Rom.3:21-31, Heb.8;1-5; 9:1-26: 10:1-10) It is an "example and shadow" of "heaven
itself." (Heb.8:1-5; 9:24)
a. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only meeting place with God in the New Covenant.
(1Tim.2:5, John.14:6, Acts.4:12)
b. Christ is the fulfillment (completion) of the mercy seat. He is our "propitiation," i.e. mercy
seat. (1John.2:2, Rom.3:25, Heb.9:5)
c. The blood of Jesus is the only place of atonement in the true Tabernacle, just as the blood
stained mercy seat was the place of atonement in the "model" of the Tabernacle of Moses.
(Lev.16, Heb.9-10)
d. Jesus has been leading (John.16:12-15, 1Cor.2:9-14) the Church on a journey, just as the
Ark lead Israel. (Num.9:15-23; 10:1-36)
3. Jericho being defeated is a model (type, picture, shadow) of the kingdoms of this world
becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. (Rev.11:15, Josh.6:1-26, v.20)
Noah and the 120 years
The number 120 has significance to us today, because "as it was in the days of No'e (Noah), so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man." (Luke.17:26, Matt.24:37)
1. Whenever the number 120 is used in scripture, it is always associated with the end of all
flesh. Man days was to be 120 years. (Gen.6:3, 13) Moses lived for 120 years before his flesh
ended. (Deut.34:9) When Solomon's Temple was dedicated there were 120 priests sounding
with trumpets, and flesh could not stand in the presence of God's Glory. (2Chron.5:13-14) On
the day of Pentecost there were 120 in the upper room. (Acts.1:15) This was where the flesh
was ended and the anointing took control.
2. Now add the context of the days of Noah. It is speaking of the Second Coming of the
Lord Jesus Christ. The destruction of all flesh. (Matt.24:36-41, 2Peter.3:1-3 (Note.v5-7)
This was to usher in a new world free from the corruption of the old world. The ultimate fulfillment
of the "Year of Jubilee" that the "Church in the wilderness" was to celebrate every 50 years.
(Lev.25:1-55)
3. Now multiply 120 (the end of all flesh) and 50 (the year of Jubilee), it equals 6,000. This would
compare with the six Redemptive days that God has been working to free man from sin and
corruption.
Why Jesus did not come at the end of the 6th.day (2000 A.D.)
The reason is because no man knows the day or the hour when Jesus will return. (Matt.24:36) This includes this study. However, this study does reveal to urgency of the time and season. Jesus said, "occupy ( to busy one's self, i.e. to trade) until I come." (Luke.19:13) Besides, nobody knows if this is really the year 2008 because our calendars are not correct. Even if our calendar was correction, it is still a waste of time calculating the day or the hour because Jesus said, nobody knows except the Father.(Matt.24:36)
1. God did not tell Noah the exact time of the flood. (Gen.6:1-3) All He told Noah that the
end of all flesh has come up before Him, and He would destroy the earth. (Gen.6:8-13) Noah's
job was to "occupy" (busy himself) by building an Ark according to the pattern. (Gen.6:14-22)
As it was in Noah's day, the same is true today. We do not know the exact time of the Second
Coming, but we do have the pattern (blueprint) of God's Word to build by. (Matt.24:37-38,
1Cor.3:13-15)
This 12 Phase series is the blueprint for building your Ark, to preserve you in these last days
2. Noah did know the destruction was coming (Gen.6:8-13) We do know that Jesus is
returning. God's Word to all of us that have "found grace in the eyes of the Lord,"(Eph.2:8,
1Peter.5:5-6) is that Jesus will return and "execute judgment upon all...that are ungodly.."
(Jude.1:15)
3. We will know when to get on the Ark! The apostle Paul told the Thessalonians "that that
day should not overtake you as a thief. Ye are all children of the light, and children of the day"
(1Thes.5:4-9) The reason that Noah knew when to get on the Ark is because he was not
"asleep"(1Thes.5:6) but building according to the pattern that God gave to him. There was
nothing left for his imagination. Noah could see because he built according to the pattern, that it
was about time to get on the Ark. This pattern developed a "hearing ear" for the voice of God.
(Gen.7:1, Matt.13:10-17, Rev.2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22)
4. Noah, his family and the animals were all safely protected in the Ark before the flood
(or the destruction / judgment) came. Therefore that day of destruction did not come as a thief to
Noah and those on the Ark.
This is an important point! Noah would have suffered "loss"(1Cor.3:10-15) if he would have
foucus on the destruction and ignored the pattern to build and Ark. There are many today that
are focusing on the "day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men" and ignoring the pattern to
build, thinking that in a "twinkling of an eye" their Ark will be built.
Now is the time for preparation and building according to
the pattern, as Noah did.
Think on this! The thing that Noah built, was the thing that preserved him and his family! How
many of God's people that have "found Grace in the eyes of the Lord" are, "By faith" preparing
according to the pattern. (Heb.11:7) How many are allowing themselves to be "warned of God"
How many are allowing the Spirit of God to lead them into "things not as seen yet"(1Cor.2:1-
14, John.16:12) How many "fear" God's word.
Noah's life depended on building the Ark. What are you depending on? (1Cor.3"10-15)
As it was in the days of Noah, "the heavens and the earth, which are NOW by the same word
are kept in store" (2Peter.3:1-7) for the Second Coming of Christ.
Conclusion:
This Phase 3 gives a time framework, and is not intended to predict the day or the hour of Christ's return. It is intended to present a picture of the urgency of the hour3 (2Peter.3:1-9) and to emphasis the building and completion of the Church, the Bride (Ark) before the Second Coming. (Review the Purpose of this Website)
Now to Phase 4
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1. When Jesus returns it will be "a complete collection" (Greek - 2Thes.2:1. "Gathering") It will the dead in Christ and those that are alive and remain. (1Thes.4:13-18)
2. God always teaches "line upon line, here a little and there a little." (Isa.28:9-11) He goes from Glory to Glory. (2Cor.3:1-18) We are admonished to add to our faith, (2Peter.1:1-9) and to "grow up into Him" (Eph.4:15)
3. With a day before the Lord as a 1000 years, an hour would be approximately 40 years. I AM NOT SAYING that we have 40 years left. What I am saying is that the building is near completion.
The Ark of the Covenant going 2,000 cubits before Israel
The "Ark of the Covenant" (Josh.3:1-6) is a shadow (model, type, picture, example, blueprint) of what Jesus is to the Church today. As the priests carried the Ark ahead of the "Church in the wilderness"(Acts.7:38, 1Cor.10:11) 2000 cubits, Jesus has gone ahead of the Church 2000 years, waiting (Acts.3:19-21, Rev.10:7) in the midst of the Jordan for the "complete collection"1 of all the people of God at His Second Coming.
1. What was the Ark of the Covenant?
The Ark of the Covenant belonged in the Most Holy
place
of the Tabernacle of Moses. This was where God met with Moses. (Exod.25:10-22) This was
where God gave commandment for all things
concerning the "Church in the wilderness."
(Israel Acts.7:38)
a. It was two and a half cubits long, a
cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a
half high. (Exod.25:10) A Cubit is approx.18"
b. It was made of shittim wood and overlaid with
gold. (Exod.25:11)
c. It had a lid called the "mercy seat." (Exod.25:20)
d. The mercy seat was covered by two cherubims
that stretched forth their wings.
(Exod.25:20- 22)
e. The Ark had four rings with four staves for
traveling. Exod.25:12-15; 30:4, Num.7:9, 1Chron.15:14)
2. Why the Ark of the Covenant is a "ensample" (type) of Christ.
After Jesus resurrected, He appeared unto the disciples "speaking of the things pertaining to
the kingdom of God" (Acts.1:3) and opened their understanding to the Law of Moses.
(Luke.24:1-45, Acts.1:3) Jesus completed (fulfilled) the pattern of the Tabernacle which
included the Ark. He did not destroy it! (Matt.5:17-19) Neither did any of the apostles.
(Rom.3:21-31, Heb.8;1-5; 9:1-26: 10:1-10) It is an "example and shadow" of "heaven
itself." (Heb.8:1-5; 9:24)
a. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only meeting place with God in the New Covenant.
(1Tim.2:5, John.14:6, Acts.4:12)
b. Christ is the fulfillment (completion) of the mercy seat. He is our "propitiation," i.e. mercy
seat. (1John.2:2, Rom.3:25, Heb.9:5)
c. The blood of Jesus is the only place of atonement in the true Tabernacle, just as the blood
stained mercy seat was the place of atonement in the "model" of the Tabernacle of Moses.
(Lev.16, Heb.9-10)
d. Jesus has been leading (John.16:12-15, 1Cor.2:9-14) the Church on a journey, just as the
Ark lead Israel. (Num.9:15-23; 10:1-36)
3. Jericho being defeated is a model (type, picture, shadow) of the kingdoms of this world
becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. (Rev.11:15, Josh.6:1-26, v.20)
Noah and the 120 years
The number 120 has significance to us today, because "as it was in the days of No'e (Noah), so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man." (Luke.17:26, Matt.24:37)
1. Whenever the number 120 is used in scripture, it is always associated with the end of all
flesh. Man days was to be 120 years. (Gen.6:3, 13) Moses lived for 120 years before his flesh
ended. (Deut.34:9) When Solomon's Temple was dedicated there were 120 priests sounding
with trumpets, and flesh could not stand in the presence of God's Glory. (2Chron.5:13-14) On
the day of Pentecost there were 120 in the upper room. (Acts.1:15) This was where the flesh
was ended and the anointing took control.
2. Now add the context of the days of Noah. It is speaking of the Second Coming of the
Lord Jesus Christ. The destruction of all flesh. (Matt.24:36-41, 2Peter.3:1-3 (Note.v5-7)
This was to usher in a new world free from the corruption of the old world. The ultimate fulfillment
of the "Year of Jubilee" that the "Church in the wilderness" was to celebrate every 50 years.
(Lev.25:1-55)
3. Now multiply 120 (the end of all flesh) and 50 (the year of Jubilee), it equals 6,000. This would
compare with the six Redemptive days that God has been working to free man from sin and
corruption.
Why Jesus did not come at the end of the 6th.day (2000 A.D.)
The reason is because no man knows the day or the hour when Jesus will return. (Matt.24:36) This includes this study. However, this study does reveal to urgency of the time and season. Jesus said, "occupy ( to busy one's self, i.e. to trade) until I come." (Luke.19:13) Besides, nobody knows if this is really the year 2008 because our calendars are not correct. Even if our calendar was correction, it is still a waste of time calculating the day or the hour because Jesus said, nobody knows except the Father.(Matt.24:36)
1. God did not tell Noah the exact time of the flood. (Gen.6:1-3) All He told Noah that the
end of all flesh has come up before Him, and He would destroy the earth. (Gen.6:8-13) Noah's
job was to "occupy" (busy himself) by building an Ark according to the pattern. (Gen.6:14-22)
As it was in Noah's day, the same is true today. We do not know the exact time of the Second
Coming, but we do have the pattern (blueprint) of God's Word to build by. (Matt.24:37-38,
1Cor.3:13-15)
This 12 Phase series is the blueprint for building your Ark, to preserve you in these last days
2. Noah did know the destruction was coming (Gen.6:8-13) We do know that Jesus is
returning. God's Word to all of us that have "found grace in the eyes of the Lord,"(Eph.2:8,
1Peter.5:5-6) is that Jesus will return and "execute judgment upon all...that are ungodly.."
(Jude.1:15)
3. We will know when to get on the Ark! The apostle Paul told the Thessalonians "that that
day should not overtake you as a thief. Ye are all children of the light, and children of the day"
(1Thes.5:4-9) The reason that Noah knew when to get on the Ark is because he was not
"asleep"(1Thes.5:6) but building according to the pattern that God gave to him. There was
nothing left for his imagination. Noah could see because he built according to the pattern, that it
was about time to get on the Ark. This pattern developed a "hearing ear" for the voice of God.
(Gen.7:1, Matt.13:10-17, Rev.2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22)
4. Noah, his family and the animals were all safely protected in the Ark before the flood
(or the destruction / judgment) came. Therefore that day of destruction did not come as a thief to
Noah and those on the Ark.
This is an important point! Noah would have suffered "loss"(1Cor.3:10-15) if he would have
foucus on the destruction and ignored the pattern to build and Ark. There are many today that
are focusing on the "day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men" and ignoring the pattern to
build, thinking that in a "twinkling of an eye" their Ark will be built.
Now is the time for preparation and building according to
the pattern, as Noah did.
Think on this! The thing that Noah built, was the thing that preserved him and his family! How
many of God's people that have "found Grace in the eyes of the Lord" are, "By faith" preparing
according to the pattern. (Heb.11:7) How many are allowing themselves to be "warned of God"
How many are allowing the Spirit of God to lead them into "things not as seen yet"(1Cor.2:1-
14, John.16:12) How many "fear" God's word.
Noah's life depended on building the Ark. What are you depending on? (1Cor.3"10-15)
As it was in the days of Noah, "the heavens and the earth, which are NOW by the same word
are kept in store" (2Peter.3:1-7) for the Second Coming of Christ.
Conclusion:
This Phase 3 gives a time framework, and is not intended to predict the day or the hour of Christ's return. It is intended to present a picture of the urgency of the hour3 (2Peter.3:1-9) and to emphasis the building and completion of the Church, the Bride (Ark) before the Second Coming. (Review the Purpose of this Website)
Now to Phase 4
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. When Jesus returns it will be "a complete collection" (Greek - 2Thes.2:1. "Gathering") It will the dead in Christ and those that are alive and remain. (1Thes.4:13-18)
2. God always teaches "line upon line, here a little and there a little." (Isa.28:9-11) He goes from Glory to Glory. (2Cor.3:1-18) We are admonished to add to our faith, (2Peter.1:1-9) and to "grow up into Him" (Eph.4:15)
3. With a day before the Lord as a 1000 years, an hour would be approximately 40 years. I AM NOT SAYING that we have 40 years left. What I am saying is that the building is near completion.
