Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is the best-known item in the Tabernacle. ... The Ark of the Covenant was placed in the Holy of Holies, the innermost room of the Tabernacle. ... The Ark was Gods throne in the Tabernacle. Most people associate the Ark of the Covenant with judgment and "the wrath of God being revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth" (Romans 1:18). The Ark is referred to almost two hundred times in the Old Testament (Hancock, 32). "The ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aarons rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant. ... The Ark was a small box made of acacia wood, overlaid with gold. ... Gods presence did not stay inside the box, but remained over the Ark, in between the two Cherubim. ... It is not said in great detail exactly what the Ark of the Covenant looked like. ... The Ark of the Covenant was composed of two main parts. They are the Mercy Seat with its two cherubim at each end of the Ark, and the Ark itself, on which the Mercy Seat sat. ... There was a crown around its top and four rings at each end of the Ark. ... The crown around the Ark typified the crown around God’s head as he sat upon the throne. ... One of the first things placed in the ark was The Stone Tablets of the Law in the Ark are now called the Ten Commandments and they were written on two pieces of stone, by the finger of God on Mount Sinai (Exodus 31:18). The Ten Commandments are the basis for Gods covenant with the Israelites. ... It constituted the "testimony" or evidence of Gods covenant with the people. God had made a covenant with Israel, but the people had broken it. But God renewed it and ordered that its enduring record (the unbroken tablets) should be deposited in the Holy Ark. Later, they put in the Ark, Aarons rod that budded (Num. ... The third item placed in the Ark was the Golden Pot of Manna.