The Hittite laws and Hittite diplomatic contracts were modeled from earlier Mesopotamian societies. When a treaty was made by war or peace amongst these ancient kingdoms, the Hittites had always created the necessary legal agreements, laws and documents detailing the treaty that were made in stone to signify the event. This arc holds, protects and defends the contract contained within the ark.īoth the words ark and covenant are modeled after the Hittite, Egyptian and Assyrian diplomatic contracts between kingdoms. The meaning of the word “ark” is “a vessel or sanctuary that serves as protection against extinction.” The original word ark comes to us from the Hittite (Kheta) or ‘hark’ meaning to have, hold later the Greek arkein and Latin arca chest akin to Latin arcēre to hold off, defend to the more modern Old English arc.
Now we know “the Ark of the Covenant” is the “Ark of the Contract” between God and Israel, but what is the Ark?
The meaning of the word “covenant” (Greek διαθηκη or the Hebrew word ברית) is a “promise, pledge, obligation, agreement, contract or treaty.” Hence, “The Ark of the Covenant” is really the “Ark of the Contract” and it is in the bible that this ancient and most famous contract of all time was made between God and Israel.ĬOVENANT is a promise under sea],1 that is to say, a promise, agreement or contract contained in a deed or instrument … A covenant, being a contract, is in many respects subject to the same rules as other contracts as to these, see Contract Condition Promise.
Today I would like to have the temple thrown wide open, so that the ark of the covenant is disclosed and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony is opened. The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most famous and also the most mysterious of all symbols that have been used by the Brotherhood over the last 3,500 years.
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