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Since the Sanctified believer himself is in the holy of holies in the "true sanctuary", which the Lord pitched, the Ark of the Covenant is inside of him. In the original ark were deposited and kept "the table of the covenant". Heb 9:4. This was a type of the fact that in this dispensation God would write his law in our hearts. Heb. 8:7-13; 2Cor. 3:3
The Ark of the Covenant is the gold covered box which held the most sacred artifacts of all. The Law of God to man. The stone tablets which had been restored upon which was written the Ten Commandments. Also the rod of Aaron which budded, (Moses brother, Aaron, was selected by God and confirmed by this rod, as High Priest) and finally a jar containing the manna.
On top of the box, was a cover upon which were placed two Cherubim. They faced each other with up-stretched wings, and looking down at the cover itself. The name of this lid was the mercy seat, which denotes that it was not JUST a lid, but a throne. Here we see a righteous God sitting upon the foundation of His law. Justice is written all over the symbolism. The Ark was placed in the last room which was approximately fifteen feet wide by fifteen feet long by fifteen feet high. It sat alone in the center and was considered unapproachable and never to be touched by human hands after its creation. The long poles that carried it were never to be removed from their rings, just in case there was any doubt.
This is where the High Priest alone, came once a year, carrying a hyssop plant (like a corn stalk) dipped in the blood of the atonement sacrifice. He would pray and ask the Lord for forgiveness of sins for himself first, and then the rest of Israel as a whole. Then he would sprinkle the blood upon the pure clean mercy seat. "Without the shedding of blood there is NO remission of sins."
The Messiah is our High Priest. But He offers a sacrifice that is only needed ONCE for all! His own pure blood, is the only thing that will suffice. That is what makes him our Savior. Even the High Priest in the day of Jesus said it,John 11:49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
When Jesus died, he descended into hell (death & the grave) He preached and emptied out paradise and led captives in his train to heaven. In heaven he walked into the heavenly tabernacle and the true mercy seat of God. He sprinkled the only acceptable offering for the sins of the world; His own sinless blood, shed on the cross. And on the third day............HE ROSE! This as proof that God has victory over death, hell and the grave, and Salvation truly is of the Lord.
"For God so loved the world, that he sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life."
THE END OF THE TABERNACLE SERIES