Expounding the Meaning of Deuteronomy 10:8 (PART 1 of 3)

Expounding the Meaning of Deuteronomy 10:8
(Part 1 of 3) [Print Document]

Deuteronomy 10:8

“At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.”

This is a verse Abba Father God showed me to read. I feel that He would like His Church to understand more about this particular verse. I don’t claim to know anything except what God showed me. He will reveal things to any who ask Him (Jer. 33:3). In Jeremiah 33:3, God said: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."

Now, let's look at the first part of the Deuteronomy 10:8. It says:

“At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD,...”

God separated us Christians from the world, like the children of Israel being separated from Egypt in Exodus. God may have separated us from people we were close to so that we could fulfill God’s purposes and calling in our lives. When God calls you to do something for His Kingdom, there will be people that will naysay it, without having anything doctrinally sound to say against it.

Some people may want to keep us from doing God’s best will. They may say that being a missionary to China is “dangerous,” or that leaving a church is “unbiblical,” or that choosing to not take a certain job offer is “foolish.” But, doing God’s best will may look foolish from the point of view of the carnal mind (Romans 8:5-8).

It looked “foolish” for Paul to join the first Christians. After all, Paul (Saul) was on his way to becoming a Pharisee, and would have been looked up to by the upper crust Jews in Jerusalem. Though he was strongly opposed by those Pharisees, Paul did not cave in to them. He was willing to die for the sake of God's best will, if it came to that. Being separated from the world, unto God, is necessary to have fellowship with Him and to be in Abba God’s best will.

What did God separate Christians for? There are three things Deuteronomy 10:8 speaks of. We will discuss them in this series of articles. In this article we will look at what it symbolically means to bear the Ark of the Covenant.

Bearing the Ark of the Covenant