APRIL 11TH. 1933

APRIL 11TH. 1933

Extract — Re The Ark at the Crossing of the Jordan

As regards linking the ark with the Lord’s supper, it has ever to be borne in mind that the latter is a memorial, also food, in a scene out of which Christ has been rejected and from which He is thus absent. These facts should ever be present and dwelt upon by us as gathered to eat the Lord’s supper. It is thus properly in the wilderness. In the types Exodus 32 - Exodus 34 answers to it — these chapters are full of instruction. The ark is not there. At the end of Exodus, the tabernacle being set up, the ark thus in its place, the glory comes in and Moses cannot enter. Movement is immediately in view, but not by the ark going before but by the cloud. The thought of authority gives place to the general thought of the glory, movement and guidance being connected with the latter. But when actual movement begins, the ark, of itself, so to speak, takes the lead (Numbers 10). This leads to Canaan; but note that the ark is connected with conflict, including death — Jordan — and that it is not mentioned after the people enter the land until Jericho is to be taken. In Joshua 4: 19 and Joshua 5: 12 our resurrection with Christ is in view, and with this position 1 and 2 Chronicles must be connected to get the full thought of the assembly. Thus as partaking of the Supper we are here and Christ is there — in heaven.