Uzzah & the Ark of the Covenant: 1 Chronicles 13:9-10 & 2 Samuel 6:3-7 The ark represented God's special _______________ among His people. Thus, this passage deals with the subject of how God is to be approached; how God is to be _________________. Again we see that we are not to ________ or _________ away from God's commandments.
Filling in the details of the story: In Num. 4:15 we learn that not even the Levites were allowed to touch the ark. So Uzzah profaned the ark by touching it – he approached God in a way that was not commanded – Uzzah _________ ______________ from God's commandments by ignoring a clear command.
But we can also deduce that Uzzah, along with the other Israelites, ___________ to God's commands regarding worship. In Numbers 4:10-11 we learn that the Levites were commanded to slide poles through rings on the frame for the ark in order to carry it. So when we read in 2 Sam. 6 that they used a new cart to carry the ark – we see that they __________to God's commands regarding worship. Instead of doing things the way God commanded, they used their ___________________or human __________________.
The important principle: When God issued the command on how the ark was to be transported; it automatically made every other way of carrying the ark ______________ & _________________.
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Rev. Ryce and Janine, his wife of 20 years, were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and previously served in ministry at Tucson Reformed Church (2010-14) and Springs Reformed Church (2014-22), the Christian & Missionary Alliance (2007-09), and the Evangelical Presbyterian...
