THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

 God manifested Himself as being a God of relationship and has revealed this truth throughout all of human history by initiating communion and intimacy with mankind. The Lord made it clear to Moses and to the people of Israel that His purpose in having the Tabernacle of Meeting constructed and the Ark of the Covenant was to fellowship with man.

“And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them... You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.” (Exodus 25:8, 21-22)