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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Ark Carriers
Publishing Date: 2026-01-11T02:04:44-08:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/ark-carriers/

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And then they parted, you know, a heap of water, and then they were able to cross on

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dry ground. That's how important it is, guys. Yeah? The second one. It might be even harder.

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Yeah, but the point is the same. Yeah? So here we see in Joshua chapter 6, the fall of Jericho,

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right? Same thing, right? How many times the Ark of the Lord is repeated here?

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The fall of Jericho, it's all about the Ark.

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Why? Because that's the presence of God here. Yeah? They are supposed to carry the Ark and

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march in front. The first thing that, you know, Joshua got up in the morning and he asked the

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priest of the Lord and took up the Ark, right? And then you see verse 6 as well.

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So Joshua, son of Nun, called the priest and said to them,

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Take up the Ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry the trumpets in front of

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it, right? The first thing in the morning what he tells is, Take up the Ark, march, right?

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Nothing else. Take up the Ark. That's how critical the Ark was.

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So my point of sharing this is that the Ark is the fulfillment. The Ark carries the fulfillment.

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The Ark carries the promise. The Ark carries the provision. The Ark carries the purpose.

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The Ark carries the plans for the Israelites from God. That's how important the Ark was,

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everything that God said about the Israelites and what they will accomplish is because,

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I mean, who's going to help that? Who's going to help that fulfill? It's the presence of God.

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And so this is why, in other words, the Ark is the lifeline for the Israelites. It's their lifeline

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because it's the very presence of God with them, right?

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And what makes the Israelites specialists because of this, the presence of God? The Israelites were

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a small nation. The enemy doesn't fear them, but the enemy fears their God because they know what

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God had done to the Egyptians. They dread, right? Fear in the enemy's camp. Not because they are of

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a superior race. Nothing to do with ethnicity, race, color, creed here, but they fear the Israelites

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because of Yahweh, God with them, right? And so on one hand, the Ark was a blessing for the Israelites.

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It was powerful. And at the same time, it was disastrous for the enemy.

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And I'll tell you more later. But the Ark was the throne, was the throne of God's kingship,

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right? In Psalm 99, it says, the Lord reigns and he enthroned between the cherubim. Here he's talking

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about the mercy seat here, right? God reigns in between the mercy seat, right? God, so the Ark

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represents the throne of God, right? So here's an interesting. The Israelites did not move.

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When the Ark was lifted, they would move. When the Ark rest, they would settle.

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They were not deciding when the Ark should stay or when the Ark should move.

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It's God who decides when the Ark shall stay, when the Ark shall move. Yeah? They are to follow the Ark.

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And so the Ark would take them. The Ark would go before them into impossible places.

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Yeah? Impossible places.

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Like I mentioned, the crossing of Jordan, it was the priests who were carrying the Ark. Whether it

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was the wall of Jericho, it was the priests who were carrying the Ark, right? So Israel's victory,

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Israel's success, it was not based on strategy. It was not based on any strategy of the Israelites.

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It was the sheer presence of God. Yeah? I think that is important for us to understand. And so on

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one hand, whenever the Ark is carried forward, there is the power of God that backs them up.

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And then whenever the Ark rests, there is provision. It's mind-blowing, guys. Yeah? There was a time,

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there was a time when the Ark was brought to one man's house in Obed-idum, right? Because why?

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Because David was scared to bring the Ark back because God just killed Uzzah, which I'll share

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a little later. But David was angry with the Lord and he didn't want to bring the Ark back to his

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own city. And so there was this man in Abinadab, right? Oh, sorry, not Abinadab. Sorry, he was

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in Obed-idum's house and the Ark stayed there for three months. And it was not because of his

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prayer, not because of his righteousness, but the Bible says because the Ark was in his house.

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Everything about this man flourished. No, you know, Obed-idum, his cattle, his donkeys, his wife,

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his children, everything about this man flourished. No, the Bible says. Why? Because of one thing,

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the Ark was in his house. That's the power of God's presence in your life, in my life.

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When the presence of God rests in you, in your house, there will be no lack. It's impossible to

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have lack, guys. Yeah? And yet, that's how powerful the presence of God is, especially the Ark.

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Like I said, wherever it goes, it brings victory. It leads them to impossible places.

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And then when it rests, it provides, it brings peace. Yeah? And then the enemy, it ravages the

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enemy. You know, one time, the Ark was captured by the Philistines. Yeah? Because the Israelites

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did not consult God and they went to war with the Philistines. They went on their own. And then,

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Philistines captured the Ark. And so, they brought the Ark and then put beside their own God, Dagon.

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Yeah? And then the next morning, they'll find that their gods were smashed.

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And then, boils, you know, tumors. There were disease after disease that plagued them. And then,

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later on, they don't want to do with this Ark, right? They're tired of it. Yeah? They don't want

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to deal with this Ark of God anymore. So, what they did was, they put on a cart. And then, they

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carved gold off their tumors and then, you know, tried to appease this Ark of the Lord. And then,

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they sent it back to the Israelites. Yeah? You know, I'm just cutting the story short here.

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But it was disastrous for the enemy. And yet, you know, I want to share three terrible ways of

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handling the Ark. Yeah? Three terrible ways. The first one, you know, the Israelites eventually

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lost sight of the significance of the Ark. Tragic, hey? The Ark was going before them.

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It was accomplishing what God wanted. And yet, came a point of time when they lost sight of the

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significance of the Ark. And like I said, there was one time they went and they fought the Philistines.

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And then, they were defeated. And so, what I'm trying to say here is that the presence of God

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cannot be manipulated. They did what they want and they expect God to back them up.

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This is the same mistake that we often do. Can we go to the next slide? Yeah.

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Yeah, three terrible mistakes, right?

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They expected God to back them up and then, following their own desire, they did not consult

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God. And they went ahead and fought the Philistines. They were badly defeated.

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And like I said, God's presence cannot be manipulated. You and I cannot do what we want.

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And oftentimes, we do that. Yeah? We have our own dreams and ambitions and expect God to back us up.

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But here, in Numbers 10, verse 35 and 36 says, whenever the Ark set out, Moses said,

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rise up, Lord, may your enemies be scattered. May your foes flee before you. And whenever it came to

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rest, he said, return Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel. Right? So here, what we are

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seeing here is that Moses has no control over the Ark. And he is not going to back them up.

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The Ark would rise whenever it wants. Why? Because it's the presence of God here. Yeah?

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So that's the first mistake they did. They tried to manipulate God. Yeah? They went ahead with their

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own plan and expected God to back them up. Second mistake. It's even worse.

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They took it as a lucky charm. Yeah, Brendan, if you can go next. Yes. Yeah, they treated the

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Ark like a lucky charm. Yeah. So they were fighting the Philistines there. And then in

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1 Samuel 4, verse 3, here it says, and when the people had come into the camp, the elders of

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Israel said, why had the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? And then now they said,

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let us bring back the Ark of covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us,

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comes among us, it may save us. Right? It may save us. They thought that if they bring back

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the Ark into the battle, they think they'll win. The Ark is not a magic potion, guys. Right? They

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took it like a, like a, like a little more than like a talisman or a ceremonial token or a lucky

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charm and things that it will work. It didn't. And then the third one, irreverence. Right? You

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know, Uzzah touches the Ark, spot dead. So let me read it. 2 Samuel 6 says, when they came to the

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threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Ark of the Lord because the oxen

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stumbled. The Lord's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act. Therefore,

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God struck him down and he died there beside the Ark of God. Right? When we read this passage,

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I think this is a passage that is often misunderstood. And I, I want to clarify a

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little bit here because at first glance, this feels shocking. Right? Why would God

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strike someone down, spot dead? Right? The Ark was about to fall and then Uzzah is only trying to

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steady it. And so he dies instantly. And so like, does he has good intentions? Absolutely. He has

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very good intent. Right? But good intentions do not replace obedience or reverence. Hear me again.

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Good intention do not replace reverence and obedience. Just because you don't, you don't

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want to be late to a dinner party or to a meeting. You are, you're driving fast. Yeah. But you cannot

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run through a straight light, straight red, I mean. Why? You may have good intent, but you cannot

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break the law and order. You will be punished. So you have a good intent not to be late for the

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meeting, but you'll be punished. Yeah. And likewise, good intentions cannot replace our obedience

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for the Lord or reverence for God. Here, the core issue is not a momentary mistake. Oh, you know,

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you know, you know, Uzzah made a mistake and then no, it was a systemic irreverence, a systemic,

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you know, irreverence. And I'll tell you why. The problem did not begin with Uzzah. Yeah. The problem

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did not begin with Uzzah. God instructed in Numbers 4, he said, the sons of Kohath shall

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carry, shall carry on poles on their shoulders of priests. Right. So God said very clear that

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there is a specific group of people who are supposed to carry the ark. That's one. Yeah. And

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then the Philistines put the ark in a cart. Maybe it was easier to drag. Maybe it was more

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convenient because it's on wheels now. Right. But God said, you will not. It has to be carried on

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shoulders. There was a systemic error there. Right. They copied the Philistines. They copied the system

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of the world. That's one mistake. Right. And you know what? When I find this, it was very interesting.

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The ark remained in, you know, in Abin Adab's house for 20 years, guys, 20 years. And you know what?

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Abin Adab's son is Uzzah. So the ark remained in Uzzah's house for 20 years. Uzzah grew up with the

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ark. He's familiar with the ark. For 20 years, he had not touched the ark. He knows that. And when

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it was stumbling, he tried to help. Right. He knows. He knows that God said, they cannot touch

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holy things because they will die. He was warned way ahead of time. Yeah. So, you know, Uzzah's

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familiarity breeds casualness. He knows he will die. But his familiarity dulled reverence.

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And I pray that this thing will not happen for us as well. Because, you know, we think that this is

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Uzzah's problem. But sometimes this can be our problem too. Whenever we come to church, church is

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familiar. Church becomes familiar. Worship becomes familiar. Yeah, I know worship. Yeah, I know

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teaching. Yeah, I know the Bible. Yeah. It can become familiar. And when familiarity is

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settled in, it dulls irreverence. Now people are worshiping. People are expressing, you don't care

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now. You know, I'm speaking on my own behalf. There was a time when I began to be familiar with how we

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worship and how we do church. There was this casual attitude. Yeah. And I pray that that doesn't sink

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in. We have to guard against this casualness, guys. You know, I'm not saying you're doing it.

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But I'm saying that we have to guard against this. And how do we guard against this? Intentionality.

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Intentionality. Whether you are tired, doesn't matter. Whether you are emotionally high, doesn't

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matter. What if the musicians, you know, depends on when they're in a good mood to sing?

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What if there are Sundays when they don't want to play? Yeah. You see, irrespective of how high or low,

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how much energy we have, it's important that we are coming into the presence of the God of the

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universe in this place. Yeah. And so, whether I am tired or not, whether I have had enough sleep or

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not, I will get up, I will rise up, and I will worship the creator of the heavens. Yeah. And so,

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I will get up, I will rise up, and I will worship the creator of the heavens and the earth who is

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dwelling in our midst. That requires intentionality, guys. You know, irreverence is not a small issue,

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guys. It's not just disrespect. It misplaces confidence in God. So, what I'm trying to say

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here, God is saying that his presence is holy, not casual. Right? You know, he even tells Moses,

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the ground that you're standing is holy. Why? Because his presence is there.

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He's, God is never casual about his presence. You just read from one story to another, God's

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never casual about his presence. Yeah. There was never a time when God allowed the people to

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play and touch the ark. No. He guards his holiness. He guards his glory. He will not share his glory

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with someone who is casual. Yeah. So, what we're trying to say here is that this was not

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God being cruel. This is not God rejecting sincerity. This is not about God angry with

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Uzzah without warning. No. This was God protecting his, the holiness of his presence. Yeah. And later

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on, you will see that David, David came to his senses. Yeah. Because that day, David was also

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upset with God. Why would you strike a man down? David was angry and he did not bring the ark.

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But later on, he realizes, and in 1 Chronicles 15, he says, because you did not carry it the first

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time, the Lord our God broke out against us. Right? They did not carry it. Why? Because they put it in

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the cart. Right? So now, David realizes, because we did not seek him according to his rule, as in

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God's way. Right? And you know what he did? You know, he brought back by carrying it. And so,

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the breakthrough came when obedience returned, guys. This is critical, guys. So, Uzzah did not die

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because he was near God. Uzzah died because God was treated as common. God's not common.

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So, the lesson that we are learning here is that you cannot manipulate God. You cannot do what you

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want and expect God to back you up. Secondly, the ark, the presence of God is not a lucky charm.

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Right? And then the third one, you cannot carry the presence by being casual and, you know,

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irreverent. Right? So, please keep track of where we are going here. It's important, guys. Yeah? So,

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I'm starting with the ark. Yeah, do not miss the plot, it says. Yeah? Because there's this buildup

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that we are going. And we have divided this teaching into three parts. Right? So, we are starting with

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the Old Testament. Right? The ark, where it's been asked by God to Moses to build the ark. We have

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built the ark and then it's supposed to be carried. And then now we are progressing here.

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The ark is the very presence of God that is to be carried. Right? It cannot be manipulated. And

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so, like I said, the ark was the lifeline, the lifeline for the Israelites. Their promise,

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what God had said he will do. Their provision. Yeah? Their protection. Their plans. Their purpose.

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All of those things hangs in one thing and that's the ark of the Lord. Yeah? So,

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David wanted to build a temple. And then he wanted to bring back the ark into the temple and put it

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in that holy sanctuary. And so, David wanted to build and God would not allow him to build. Why?

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Because David is a man of war. He had killed many people. And he said, there's so much blood in your

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hands. It's not you, but your son Solomon will build the temple. Right? And so, I'm just cutting

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the long story short here, but Solomon builds a temple and then brings the ark and then puts it

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in the inner sanctuary. But then, Solomon realizes that in 2 Chronicles 6 verse 18, he says,

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but will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens and even the highest heavens cannot contain

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you. How much less this temple that I have built. Right? Solomon realizes that this temple is too

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small. If the heavens and the earth cannot contain who God is, then how can God dwell in such a small

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temple that I have built? Right? And so, he realizes. And so, what I'm trying to say here is

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that the ark was never the end. Yeah? And so, that's why I, here I'm saying, catch the plot.

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Follow the plot because you'll miss out here. So, the ark was never the end. The ark was a pointer.

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The ark was a shadow for what was coming. And that's Jesus. Beautiful, hey?

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The ark in the Old Testament points to Jesus. And I'll tell you why. You know, Hebrews,

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and that's part 2 now. We're in part 2 now. It's like a movie. No, we're, yeah. Yeah. So,

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we are in part 2 now. Yeah? So, part 1 was the Old Testament and how the Israelites dealt with the

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ark. And then now, the second part is when the ark in the Old Testament points to Jesus. Yeah?

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So, in Hebrews 11, it says, Christ came as a high priest by his own blood. And here we see the Old

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and the New Covenant. Right? Here in the Old Testament, God's presence dwelt between the

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cherubim. Like I mentioned, right? The ark has a cherubim, two cherubim facing each other,

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and God's presence dwelt between the cherubim. And in the Old Testament, the mercy was

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accessed once a year when the priest would enter. Right? And then the ark was hidden behind the veil.

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And then, you know what? When Jesus came, God's presence is no longer in a box, but the presence

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of God dwells in a person, and that is Jesus. Yeah? And then, mercy is not accessed once a year.

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Jesus says, your sins are forgiven. Yeah? And if someone repents, your sins are forgiven.

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And if this girl repents, your sins are forgiven. Yeah? The mercy seat. Jesus becomes the mercy seat.

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Crazy, eh? Now the veil is torn. The door is fling white. You and I have access now. We don't have to

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rely on a priest to go and sacrifice on our behalf. You repent, you receive Christ,

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you receive Jesus, you receive salvation, your sins are cleansed. Crazy, eh?

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The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1, right? So, here, what was once carried externally

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is now received internally. Big change, eh? Big shift. The ark, they carried the ark once upon a time.

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Now the ark has now become the person. Right? Beautiful. Jesus does not carry the ark.

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He becomes the ark. Beautiful, guys. Yeah? And remember the three things that I mentioned?

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What are they? The two tablets. Jar of manna. Aaron's staff, right? And you know what? Those

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three things, you will see those three, very three things in the lives of Jesus. Yeah? Beautiful,

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eh? Let's start with the first one. The two tablets, which is the tablets of covenant, right? Jesus

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becomes the true tablet of covenant. Yeah? Like in the Old Testament, the people of God has to come

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into an agreement with the commandment that God gives. Right? In the New Testament, when Jesus came,

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people, when they receive and believe in Jesus, they enter a relationship with him. He becomes

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the covenant. He becomes the tablet of covenant. Beautiful, eh? You know what? In the Old Testament,

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the tablets testify to God's faithfulness. Right? But, and then it brings moral order. Right? It

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instructs moral order. But they could not transform a human heart. The tablets on their own cannot

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transform a human heart. And the tablets were, the tablets revealed what was right, but it lacked the

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power to make people righteous. Right? And in the Old Testament, the covenant was external. It was

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supposed to be carried. But in the New Testament, Jesus becomes the covenant. Jesus becomes the

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embodiment of the law. Yeah? And then Jesus becomes the promise. And Jesus becomes God's

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faithfulness walking in our midst. This is so different, guys. It gets better and better.

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Through the live death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you and I now enter a new covenant.

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You don't have to die anymore. Yeah? Death doesn't have the final say anymore. It's crazy, eh?

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So that's the first one. The second one, jar of manna. You know what? In the Old Testament, God,

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sorry, in the Old Testament, Moses puts a jar of manna inside the ark, signifying

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the provision of God. Right? The bread of heaven. But manna was given for what?

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For daily sustenance, but it was only for a period of time. It was seasonal. It was temporary.

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Right? And then the second was, it was a sign of dependence. You cannot store manna.

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Right? Even if you store it, yeah, maggots would form. Right? It was for a very short period of time.

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So the Israelites had to continue relying on God. And third one, manna preserved their lives for a

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very short period of time. Right? So those are the three things. And then you know what? When you look

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into the New Testament, through Jesus Christ, oh man, you will love this. Christ comes and says,

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manna is the bread from heaven, but Jesus says, I am the bread of life.

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It's a game changer, guys. Right? Jesus says, I am the bread of life. And then he's saying,

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it's no longer temporary. It's not going to sustain you for a period of time.

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And he's saying, I am the bread of life and I give you eternal life.

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It's no longer temporary, guys. He is saying, the life that I give you is permanent.

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The shift is not simply receiving God's provision, but Jesus Christ becomes the provision.

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Jesus Christ becomes the bread of life. Not for a season, but forever. Not for a journey,

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but for a lifetime. Crazy, guys. That's the second aspect, right? The jar of manna.

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The third aspect, which we find in Jesus Christ, is Aaron's staff. Right?

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You know, in that story, the staff of Aaron budded supernaturally, right?

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Like, you know, think of this for a second. The staff. The staff is a

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lifeless rot. So they say, lifeless, right? When you have made it into a rod, it's lifeless.

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The staff is lifeless. But it began to sprout and blossom. Right?

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And it settled the rebellion of the sons of Korah. It settled rebellion.

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In the New Testament, Jesus Christ becomes our high priest and king. And then

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his resurrection is the budding staff. How do you see? His resurrection becomes the budding staff.

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Death could not hold him. Resurrected. And now authority flows from him. He said,

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all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. That's what Jesus said.

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Authority does not come from man, not from the approval of man, not from popularity,

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but it comes straight from the father. Crazy, eh? And finally, you know, we're talking about the

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mercy seat. In the Old Testament, there was this spot where, like I mentioned, the blood would be

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sprinkled and God would come, like I said, and then blood would be poured. And then that's where

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the mercy seat. It's the most significant part of the ark.

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And the mercy seat stood between a holy God and a sinful people. Right? And the mercy seat was where

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the sacred meeting place where justice and then compassion would intersect.

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And this was once a year. And then in the New Testament, Jesus identifies himself as

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a Hylasterian. That's a Greek word. Hylasterian. The very word that is used for mercy seat. He's

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saying, I am the mercy seat. Where judgment and mercy meets. And Jesus is saying, I am the mercy

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seat. Yeah? Jesus entered not once every year, but once and for all. Right?

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And Paul knows this very well. This is why Paul says, all who are justified freely by his grace

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through the redemption that came by Christ, Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement

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through the shedding of his blood to be received by faith. Paul knows, eh? Paul knows this idea of

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the mercy seat. So he's writing about that Christ has entered on your behalf, on my behalf,

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that Christ has entered on your behalf, on my behalf, once and for all. Done and dusted.

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Beautiful, guys. This is why you and I don't have to look at the ark anymore.

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Now the ark becomes irrelevant. Jesus becomes the ark. And then now we switch on to part three.

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See? Christ being the ark and then now Christ in you. Crazy man, guys.

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Yeah, Brendan, next one please. Yeah.

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Next. Yeah. So do you see the progression here? Right? Christ being the ark to Christ in you.

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And then the progression was the ark was among the Israelites. It was carried. Right? The second

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part was the ark was fulfilled in Christ. And then the third is the ark is now dwelling in the believers.

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Beautiful, man. We are not replacing Christ here. We are not replacing Christ. Don't misunderstand

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this, right? But we are participating in the indwelling life of Christ. Now Christ in us. We

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carry the ark on one hand because it is Christ who is the ark in us. Right? So we become

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carriers of the ark. That's where the teaching title is heading. Yeah? Because Christ becomes

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the ark. He is the one true God. And he is Christ in us. Now your body has become the temple of the

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living God. This is why now we understand, right? When the Bible says that your body is the temple

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of the living God, you and I become carriers of God's presence, his ark. And John says,

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I in you and you in me, right? And Paul also writes about this in, I think in 2 Corinthians,

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you said you are a letter from Christ written not on the tablets of stone but on the tablets

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of human hearts. Now the covenant is not something outside written on a stone, but the law is now

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written in your hearts. This is the new covenant, guys. Yeah? So the presence that was once carried

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on the shoulders of men and then that very presence incarnates in flesh through Jesus.

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And now the very presence that Jesus now dwells in the flesh is now incarnating in you and in me

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through the spirit. This is not a downgrade, guys. This is an upgrade. It's evolving. It's an upgrade.

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The presence of God was carried on a human shoulder, on a box. Yeah? You and I have the

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presence of God in living in you and living in me. Man, that's an upgrade, man. Yeah?

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Now we have hundreds of chests here now.

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Inside you, carrying Jesus. Beautiful, man, guys. So the question is no longer,

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where is the ark? That's a wrong question now. Where is the ark? No.

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The question should be, how are we carrying the ark?

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Ark. Yeah? And so what does that mean for us now? You know, three things that I mentioned.

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Covenant, like the two tablets. What's in the ark? Three things. The two tablets. Jar of mana.

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Air and staff. Now think of these three things. That's in your life and in my life.

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That's in your life and in my life. First one, we are tablets of God's covenant. We and I

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have entered a covenant with the Lord. Why? Because Christ in you and you in Christ has become one.

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One. Yeah? What was external? What was external? No, no, no. A covenant is when

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you enter an agreement. Yeah? And you and I have entered into an agreement with Christ. We have

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become one with Christ. And so now what is internal has to be left out now. Now the ark that is in you

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has to be now manifested. This is why carrying the ark becomes important now. Manifesting the

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ark becomes important now. Because you represent the very person that you have entered a covenant

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with. If you have entered into a covenant with Christ, now you are displaying who Christ is.

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You are displaying Christ's agenda. Christ's mission. Christ's plans. Christ's strategies.

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Christ's purpose. We entered that covenant, right? Because we live in a world that is shaped by

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human values and there is this confusion. Remember, Jacob was talking about two systems

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yesterday. And we live in two systems. A system of Babylon and the kingdom of God.

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And when we and I, you and I have entered into a covenant with God, we represent this kingdom of

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God. You are in the world but you are not of the world. Right? And so it's important now because

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the presence is no longer an occasional experience. Presence is never an occasional experience now.

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Why? Because the indwelling has become permanent. And so it is a continual reality now.

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That's something we have to understand, right? And we have to switch now from an event Christianity,

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event-based Christianity to embodied Christianity. Because Christians, we always make programs and

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events and training programs and conferences and other things, right? Event-based Christianity

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may be helpful to some extent. But we have to switch from an embodied Christianity now.

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And that reality now shapes how we worship. How we make choices. How we make decisions.

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Everything changes, right? And then the second one is power and governance which we talk about, right?

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When believers begin to understand the weight of this, that I am carrying the presence of God,

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that I am an ark carrier, then if I am carrying it according to his will, power will manifest.

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Yeah? When I carry his presence, darkness will retreat, hearts will soften,

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healing will flow, systems that are broken will be fixed.

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That's how we carry, guys. Sorry? Yeah. When we carry the presence, when believers carry

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the ark, darkness retreats, hearts soften, healing flows, and the systems that are broken are fixed.

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Now God governs through his people. God begins to reign through his people.

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It's so different, guys. Yeah? And we simply have to abide.

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If we abide, we bear fruit. If we abide, Christ begins to manifest, right? And then the second one,

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the jar of mana. We are supposed to be jars of mana. As in like, we are supposed to be

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God's provision for others. Yeah? The ark carriers live in the divine sufficiency of God.

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We live in the divine sufficiency of God. We live in the divine sufficiency of God.

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Not in self-reliance or in anxiousness. Yeah? So, you know, when you hear of this verse,

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you know, hear it again. And I often get confused with this. Not confused in a sense,

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I don't understand, but I don't live this way. And I fail to understand sometimes.

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God rewards according to his riches and glory, not according to my needs and circumstances.

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Yeah? Yeah, go ahead.

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The jar of mana?

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Yeah. Yeah, or else. Or else I'll share you later.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I'll finish in five minutes. Yeah.

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So that I get dinner with Derek. Yeah. So, you know, the jar of mana, right? We are supposed to be

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jars of mana for others. Because we dwell in the sufficiency of God.

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Right? The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. God never provides barely for your survival, guys.

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Yeah? You know, you know, my wife was sharing about the prodigal son story. How one of the things

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that made the son, the prodigal son, return to the father was,

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there was plenty in my father's house. Even the servants were well fed.

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Yeah? Provision was one of the reasons too. Here, you know, I'm not going to preach another sermon

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on that. But one of the provision, like, one of the generosity of nature of the father is he's

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an extravagantly lavishing father. And that made him that even servants have plenty.

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And so we are supposed to be jars of mana for others. As in, to be the supernatural,

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God's supernatural provision for others as well. Yeah? And the last one is Aaron's staff. Right?

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Aaron's staff. We are supposed to be a people of authority. Jesus said, all authority in heaven

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and on earth has been given to me. And then he goes on to say, I now authorize you to go and do

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the same. Crazy, eh? These are some of the Bible verses which you and I don't fully understand.

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Jesus said, I am the light of the world. And you know what? He goes the extreme, saying,

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:55.440
you are the light of the world. Crazy, eh? Do you think you are the light of the world?

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If I say I am the light of the world, it sounds proud. It feels like I'm bragging.

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But that's what Jesus said. Do we think like that? Most of the times, no.

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We have to change the way we think, guys. We have to think from a perspective of

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how God sees and thinks of us.

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It's crazy, yeah? And Christ begins to rule and reign when we have been authorized and when we

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give a life that is consecrated to God. See, there is no authority without consecration

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because God is holy.

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And why many Christians live a defeated life is because there is no consecration.

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Right? It's just like they are just carrying an empty box.

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It's like the Israelites. They took the ark into the battlefield, but it didn't help them.

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Many Christians carry the presence of God, but it doesn't help. There's no power. There's no fruit.

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Why? There's no life of consecration.

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Because a life that is yielded to God, God begins to manifest his power.

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Right? So just to wind up, the one who dwells in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

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That's a very powerful statement, guys. That means the one who is living in you is greater

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than the one who is in the world, meaning anything in the world is inferior to the one living in you.

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To the one living in you. That means anything that I face in life is inferior.

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Why would you fear of something inferior?

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Right? Why would you be insecure of something inferior? When you know that you're going to

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beat them, when you know that someone who is much more powerful is with you, why would you fear?

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These are straight from the Bible, guys. Yeah?

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So I pray that we understand the weight of this.

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God entrust us with his ark, with his presence to carry.

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It's a privilege for us, guys. It's a privilege. It's an honor. It's an honor. It's a privilege.

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It's a responsibility. Many people take it casually.

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Many people take it casually. I pray X-119 doesn't get there. I pray that we

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dismantle this casualness of carrying God's presence, because this is the most precious

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thing that God gave you and I. You know what? When the father, sorry, the father,

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:58.720
the most precious thing for the father was his son. He gave it away. You know what? Jesus comes

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and he gave his life away and he said, I will give you my spirit. It's the most precious thing

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that he can give to us. Yeah? And if God has entrusted us with the most precious thing,

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why aren't we guarded with everything we have? I pray that we begin to understand the weight of

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this, guys. The weight of carrying the presence of God. You're not on your own. You carry the

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presence of God in your life. Can you carry it to your friends? Can you carry it to your workplaces?

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Can you carry it to your streets, to your neighborhoods? Can you carry it to the world?

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The world doesn't know this, guys. And this is why I want to make an invitation for anybody who

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is thinking about not knowing who Christ is and what this entails. The indwelling does not happen

00:48:52.320 --> 00:49:02.480
when a person is not born again. Because we were all once sinners, but Christ died for us. And so,

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if we believe in Jesus Christ, then we receive the forgiveness of sins. And that's when the

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forgiveness of sin happens, then he makes his indwelling available for anyone who is born again.

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That's how it works, guys. And I pray that if you're considering of being born again, explore that.

00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:30.880
And explore the meaning of that. And for those who are born again, for those who have been born

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again, think about the weight, the power, the privilege, the responsibility, the weight of

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:43.920
carrying this presence. Because the world is yet to experience this in its fullness.

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So bless you guys.

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So Father, we thank you for this weight that you've given us.

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Father, I'm just going to ask Tuni and Derek to go to the front. And if there's anyone here

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who wants to become a part of your kingdom who's not, Father, we don't want to end without your

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invitation. Because this is your invitation. So I'm just going to ask Tuni and Derek to go to the

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front. And if there's anyone that they can come up and pray and speak to Tuni and Derek, because

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this is your invitation, Father. You're saying, hey, I've given my ark. I've given my ark to you.

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I've given my presence. I came and gave my life. And Father, we don't want to take it lightly.

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We're in awe of the creator of the universe who created each one here, who created each one here

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with a purpose, with a plan, and with a call within them to know their Father.

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And you are that Father. And you continually calling your sons and daughters home.

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So we thank you, Father.

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We thank you, Father.

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As a church father, we just rise up to give you thanks. We rise up to give you thanks for

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what you've entrusted to us, for what you've given us in our own words, in our own places.

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But we give you thanks because you are here. You've entrusted this to us. You said, hey,

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I'm calling you to be carriers of my ark. What is that carriers of your presence? What Tuni has

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explained? So we come to give you thanks. We come to respond in our own way, with our own words, Father.

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So I'm going to put the mic aside, maybe loud, it may be quiet.

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But we don't want to leave without responding to you, Father. This is something that you said

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this is something that you said is one of these five things that we're supposed to become who we are.

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So Father, we give you thanks. I thank you, Father. I thank you for the privilege you've given me to be a carrier.

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Can you help me steward it well? Can you help me carry you out into the world? I want to be a carrier

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of your presence, of your power, of your government, of your worship. I want to carry it,

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Father. I want to carry it. I want to carry it with the weight and the reverence and the awe that is due, Father.

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We carry it as a privilege, Father. We carry it carefully. We don't treat it casually. We don't treat it

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talentously. We carry it with the reverence that is due to carry you, to have you dwell within us, Father.

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So we thank you, Father.

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Father, as we close this event, we thank you for the privilege you've given us to be a carrier of your presence,

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of your power, of your power, of your power. We thank you for the privilege you've given us to be a carrier of your presence,

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So we thank you, Father.

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Father, as we close, I just say that if anyone wants prayer for anything, if anyone

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wants to give their life to you, that they come up, Father.

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And I know Sue has asked people to pray, so if anyone needs prayer, there will be people up here to

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pray. This is the end of the service. Also, that image that was up on the board earlier, if anybody wants it,

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Rachel has made it in a few different sizes, and so you can speak to me and I can give you the image.

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But yeah, for those who have been asked to pray, feel free to come up, and if anyone needs prayer, please come up.

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you