Ark Of The Testimony

I. EXORDIUM:

Are you meeting with GOD?

Yes. In my regular devotion. Acts 2:46

Acts 2:46 (Amplified Bible)

And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose, and in their homes they broke bread [including the Lord’s Supper]. They partook of their food with gladness and simplicity and generous hearts,

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To prove that GOD will meet with us on a regular basis and for us to soak with His Divine Presence needed for that day.

IV. TEXT:

Exodus 25:22 (Amplified Bible)

There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites.

Exodus 25:22 (King James Version)

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You meet with us as a Witness of Your Divine Presence consistently to share in Your Divine Presence.

2 Peter 1:3 (Amplified Bible)

For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).

VI. TITLE:

Ark of the testimony

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author and Central Character: Moses

B. Date written: 1447-1410 b.c.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

C. Purpose: To be a permanent reminder of God's redemptive act on Passover night; and of His care and direction, through the cloud of day and the pillar of fire of night, during His people's wilderness wanderings on the way to Canaan.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

D. To whom written: Each new generation of Israel

E. Main Theme: History of Israel from death of Joseph to the erection of the tabernacle

F. Key word: deliverance

G. Key verses:

Exodus 12:40-43 (Amplified Bible)

12:40 Now the time the Israelites dwelt in Egypt was 430 years.

12:41 At the end of the 430 years, even that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out of Egypt.

12:42 It was a night of watching unto the Lord and to be much observed for bringing them out of Egypt; this same night of watching unto the Lord is to be observed by all the Israelites throughout their generations.

12:43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it;

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Exodus 25:22 (King James Version)

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

A. GOD communes with us from above the ark of the Testimony

"And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony,"

The ALEPH-TAV signature of the FIRST and the LAST, the BEGINNING and the END, the ALPHA and the OMEGA, is located after the word "Testimony",

Exodus 20:24 (Amplified Bible)

An altar of earth you shall make to Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name and cause it to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

Exodus 30:36 (Amplified Bible)

You shall beat some of it very small and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be to you most holy.

Numbers 17:4 (Amplified Bible)

You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you.

We will set up our own altar at home or a specific place where we meet with the LORD daily, and consistently. The LORD JESUS CHRIST will meet with us when we are gathered together in His Name.

Matthew 18:20 (Amplified Bible)

For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I AM in the midst of them.

ILLUSTRATION: We meet with GOD in our sala, where we set up our own sound system, a simple one that connects to a computer, and there we worship the LORD, read His WORDS, and meditate and pray. GOD is expecting us there every morning.