S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

The story of Uzzah and the Ark of the Covenant is found in 2 Samuel 6:1-7 and 1 Chronicles 13:9-12. As the ark was being transported, the oxen pulling the cart stumbled, and a Levite named Uzzah to...

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July 01 2013 • 2 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

A F Supporter

Because man is born in sin since Adam, he could not come in contact with God (the ark represented God on earth) until the advent of Christ. 

In the same way the woman was not allowed to touch Jesus at the tomb until He ascended. She was unclean and Jesus had not yet been glorified until He returned to heaven. 

Now, we can speak to God/Jesus directly because He made the way for us to do so. He rent the curtain between us and God so that we can approach Him and He loves us when we do and are obedient.

February 16 2017 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

As S. Michael Houdmann has already said, God had given particular instructions through Moses how the tabernacle was to be erected, dismantled, and moved (Numbers 4), and the main pieces of furniture were to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites who were descended from Kohath (Num. 4:9-20). However, when Uzza, David, and company used a new cart drawn by oxen, they were following the pattern of the pagan Philistines (1 Sam. 6), not the pattern given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

“God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.” Hudson Taylor

Doing God’s work God’s way brings God’s blessing. God’s work must be done in God’s way or there will be consequences. God had warned about taking hold of the ark to steady it (or at least about touching it) in the law of Moses, and every Israelite knew it (Num. 1:51; 4:15, 20).

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Billy P Eldred Supporter

Michael and the others did a great job of explaining the need to follow God's instructions. I think it goes a little deeper than that and simpler at the same time.

God is God! When he institutes a law the law is irrevocable. If this is not the case, then Jesus died for no reason. God issued a law that if you touched the ark you would die. If he had not died, God would not be God! God also said, "The wages of sin is death"! If Jesus had not fulfilled that law, we would all be sentenced to permanent death.

Jesus said that not one iota of the law would pass away until all is fulfilled. Jesus fulfilled the law by living without sin! Through Jesus and through Jesus alone we can be saved from the law!

Would mankind turn to God if he did not enforce His law? Would He even be God?

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