| Golden Box: Ark of the Old
Covenant | Mary: Ark of the New Covenant |
| The ark traveled to the house
of Obed-edom in the hill country of Judea (2 Sam. 6:1–11). | Mary traveled to the
house of Elizabeth and Zechariah in the hill country of Judea (Luke 1:39). |
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Dressed as a priest, David danced and leapt in front of the ark (2 Sam. 6:14). |
John the Baptist—of priestly lineage—leapt in his mother’s womb at the approach of
Mary (Luke 1:41). |
| David asks, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?"
(2 Sam. 6:9). | Elizabeth asks, "Why is this granted me, that the mother of my
Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:43). |
| David shouts in the presence of the
ark (2 Sam. 6:15). | Elizabeth "exclaimed with a loud cry" in the
presence of the Mary (Luke 1:42). |
| The ark remained in the house of Obed-edom for
three months (2 Sam. 6:11). | Mary remained in the house of Elizabeth for three
months (Luke 1:56). |
| The house of Obed-edom was blessed by the presence of the ark
(2 Sam. 6:11). | The word blessed is used three times; surely the house was
blessed by God (Luke 1:39–45). |
| The ark returns to its home and ends up in
Jerusalem, where God’s presence and glory is revealed in the temple (2 Sam. 6:12;
1 Kgs. 8:9–11). | Mary returns home and eventually ends up in Jerusalem, where she
presents God incarnate in the temple (Luke 1:56; 2:21–22). |
