1. That first Ark carried the animals and Noah family – why did they call it an Ark, I wondered? I’d have called it a BOAT, or maybe a floating barge or barn
2. The second Ark also traveled on the water, carrying baby Moses down the River Nile. More like a sea going baby-buggy, I thought, but still called ‘Ark’ in Exodus 2:3.
3. The third Ark (of Testimony) was built in the desert, a long way from water, and was carried on the shoulders of the Levites.
Ex:25:10 “And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about”.
This third Ark finally reached the Jordan River, led by Joshua, 3:13, but just as the feet of the priests got wet, the water divided and they had to carry it further yet. Did they wonder if all that gold would make it too heavy to float? And 3 objects were carried inside: the Tablets, the Manna, and the Rod that budded, all went along for the ride! Heb9:4
4. Not a ‘boat’, and not called an Ark, but the Virgin Mary was a ‘container’ of the Lord Jesus Christ until that great day when he was birthed in Bethlehem (means ‘house of bread’); in a manger (reminding me how suitable for the Lamb of God). And now when we follow after Galatians 4:19 “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you”, we may all be considered “ARKS OF TESTIMONY”. Amen?
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