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The arc of the covenant was small. It carried the stone tablets with God’s commandments and Aaron’s rod which had grown and blossomed. To me, the items represent God’s covenant of unlimited mercy for all who will trust Him. Mercy, love, the fear of God, and wisdom or skilled living are some of the fruits of God’s infinite mercy in our lives.
Exodus 25:17
The Message (MSG)
10 “First let them make a Chest using acacia wood: make it three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide and deep…..17 “Now make a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide.
Psalm 36:5
The Message (MSG)
5-6 God’s love is meteoric,
his loyalty astronomic,
His purpose titanic,
his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
slips through the cracks.
Proverbs 8:13
The Message (MSG)
12-13 “I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity;
Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street.
The Fear-of-GOD means hating Evil,
whose ways I hate with a passion—
pride and arrogance and crooked talk.
Proverbs 9:10
The Message (MSG)
Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-GOD,
insight into life from knowing a Holy God.
(Scriptures were copied and posted from BibleGateway.com.)