This message was preached at New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, NC on January 3rd, 2016. The particular focus of this study is the Ark of the Covenant (its earthly pattern, its heavenly prototype, its history, its meaning etc) and the importance of its unveiling here on the very cusp of chapters 12-14, a character sketch of seven personages that doesn’t necessarily advance the narrative but zooms out to highlight the great spiritual conflict between Satan and the nation of Israel, a conflict that began back in the Garden of Eden and culminates in the Great Tribulation.