The Children of Israel Bible Study

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BIBLE STUDY As modern-day readers of the Bible, we often skim over the detailed passages of the Old Testament and focus more on the simpler sections of the New Testament. It can be tempting to overlook the many chapters in the Books of Moses devoted to the tabernacle, assuming they are irrelevant or uninteresting. After all, how could detailed instructions from the 15th century B.C. be meaningful to Christians today? Yet, just as Jesus used parables to illustrate His teachings, the visual elements of the Old Testament serve to illuminate spiritual truths revealed in the New Testament. Many scholars have noted that the language used to describe the tabernacle is also used in reference to heaven. This is because the earthly tabernacle was patterned after the one in heaven  (Exodus 25:9, 40; 26:30; 27:8; Numbers 8:4; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:1-5; 9:11-12). To truly understand the Ark of the Covenant, we must first understand the tabernacle that Moses set up in th...