The core of the tabernacle is the ark of the covenant. When we see how the Israelites carried the ark to the battlefield, how they carried the ark and went around the city of Jericho seven times, how the bare feet of the priests touched the water of the Jordan River and it stopped when they crossed over, we can come to know that the ark of the covenant is the core of the tabernacle. The altar of burnt offering, the water laver, the altar of incense, the lampstand, the table o

If you look at the outside of the ark of the covenant, it is a box made of shittim wood but covered with gold inside and out. God’s secret is hidden here. The ark of the covenant points to Jesus Christ. No matter what sin we commit, or what evil we have fallen into, Jesus Christ saved us from the judgment. The reason we can avoid the judgment and go to eternal heaven is not because we are good people. It is through one person, Jesus Christ. The ark of the covenant is just una

Exodus 25:10 “And they shall make an ark of shittim wood” Of all the articles of the tabernacle, God said to make the ark of the covenant first. The ark of the covenant is a box made from shittim wood (acacia wood) and covered with pure gold. The cover for the ark of the covenant is the mercy seat, and the mercy seat was covered with two cherubims of gold. Inside the ark of the covenant, God said to put the two tablets of stone, which had the 10 commandments engraved, Aaron’s

Revelation 8:4 “And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.” The smoke of the incense represents the prayers of the saints. No one can enter inside the Most Holy Place, but the smoke of the incense can go in the Most Holy Place anytime. Paul went to prison in Philippi. He was beaten and locked in prison, but he gave praises to God and was thankful. His body was in prison, but his heart was guided by