Message- The problem with the ark-Text- 1 Samuel 5-1..The Covenant of the Law -Moses , Mt Sinai- was destined to come to an end.-2..It is not a New Testament teaching..Even the Old Testament taught it in diverse ways.-3..The Law anticipated its own retirement and succession by something greater and better.-4..God taught and rehearsed this truth by the story of Eli and his family...He killed them, but promised to raise a better and higher faithful priest ..-5..In other words, the Lord Jesus is God's preferred Priest and higher Law giver -Moses being inferior-.-6..The death of Eli 's sons happened on the battlefield fighting the Philistines.-7..The Ark was captured and that caused a cascade of events -death of Eli and his daughter in law-..-8...The Philistines took the ark and brought it to their territory , to their idol , Dagon as a spoil of war..-9.The Ark began to cause trouble, first for Dagon and then for the Philistines...-10..It started killing people with pestilence..But what was in the Ark that was killing people---11..It is the Law, the 2 tablets of stone...the Ten Commandments , the letter that kills...-12..Listen for context...It is FREE-

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