When you start to hear rumors about the Ark of the Covenant mentioned in the news and on social media, you know things are getting interesting. For a while, President Trump had a replica of it at his home in Mar-a-Lago. Question everything—is it really a replica? Are the people careful to move it as written in the Bible? Has anyone touched it? If so, did God smite them dead? These are the things that go on in my head. In the most recent news, a reporter asked Trump about the new ballroom, and he mentioned it was being built for the Ark. Was he referring to the Ark of the Covenant? Don’t get too excited, though. More than once, he has mentioned that many of the people we see are from Central Casting, which is a company that lists available actors and actresses. We might be watching a movie pretending to be real life, so don’t get your hopes up or get too excited about the outcome. Is life and the Bible colliding? Maybe, but keep eating your popcorn—this movie is suspenseful.
1 Chronicles 13 is about David trying to have the Ark moved to the City of David so it would be near him. As they were moving it, the ox stumbled and Uzza reached out to steady the Ark, and in His anger God smote him dead. David got upset and sent the Ark to the home of Obededom. Obededom’s family prospered during that time.
The lesson here is to take God seriously; he doesn’t play games. It is likely that anyone making fun of something serious, like the presence of God in the Ark of the Covenant, or treating it as a movie prop, is in for tragedy, especially if it is the real thing.
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 1 Chronicles 13:12-13
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