NOTES ON SCRIPTURE 1895 NO. 14
NOTES ON SCRIPTURE 1895 NO. 14
The ark of the covenant was the one great object of interest. David had failed in his first attempt to [p. 57] bring back the ark (1 Samuel 6), but now he had learned that the levites only should carry the ark; the levites were the servants of the priests. No one who is not in communion can come near to minister Christ. He is the antitype of the ark in the tabernacle; the tables of the testimony, and the pot of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded were in the golden box. Christ is the fulfilment of all, and He should be the one absorbing Object of our hearts. If I look on the earth, His death is before me. If I look to where He is, I see Him now in the presence of God, crowned with glory and honour. It is not things that are given to us now, but a Person. No accumulation of things could be the same to me as a Person. “Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his Sanctuary”. As you know His love you are filled with the fulness of God. He is the fulness of God. He satisfies the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with gladness. At all times, and especially in coming to the assembly, the one absorbing Object before your heart should be the Lord Himself.