Jewish rabbis say that the numerical dimensions of the ark and the temple have a significance. This is because the Hebrew language is expressive, and all letters of the alphabet are assigned to a special number and significance. The dimensions of the temple and the ark are said to spell out the Characters of God, both His loving kindness, and vengeance against sin. As much as God is love, He is also a consuming fire. This both make up the wall of protection surrounding the saints, a garment.
The construction of these buildings signaled completion of one dispensation, and the start of a new. All with prophetic significance to the times that were coming in past years, and more importantly of now and of the glorious future of the reign of Christ after the end of the age we are in. This is the cyclic nature of all prophesy, that a word seemingly addressing today should be relevant two thousand years ago.
Presence or absence in the covenant (Noah's and Israel's) determined whether one would live or not. So for Noah, only the eight members of the family locked in lived. In Moses' temple, the covenant was in the oath before God, that "all He says we will do," referring to the commandments that would be given by the hand of Moses. This covenant would be protected in the ark of the covenant, together with the covenant of priesthoods budded rod of Aaron, and a pot of manna, the provision of the wilderness.
The ark of the new covenant of Christ, entered into by a partaking of His body("Unless one eats my flesh and drinks my blood, He is not worthy to be my disciple" Christ said,) which is an expression of a yielding to His Lordship, and worship of only Him in spirit(Phil 3:3). Christ is the new Sacrifice, replacing the sin offerings of the old testament/covenant.
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