The Heart of The Ark of the Covenant

There’s more to the Ark of the Covenant than meets the eye. Its whereabouts have been shrouded in mystery for thousands of years. It’s quite fitting that acacia wood, the Ark’s primary building material requested of Moses by God, literally contains a heart-shaped center. There’s a hidden love language contained within its dimensions. 45 inches in length x 27 inches in width x 27 inches in height. 27 is my lucky number and is considered to be one of the most significantly spiritual of the Angel Numbers as it relates directly to the Holy Trinity. The length is significant in that by adding 4 + 5 we arrive at a sum of 9 which is also 3 3s. 3 + 3 + 3 = 9. 3 x 3 x 3 = 27. Three-thousand years ago God spoke directly to Moses with very specific instructions for the construction of the Ark. Exodus 25:10–16 states in the Standard Christian Bible:

ACACIA WOOD HEART

10 “They are to make an ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 11 Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it. 12 Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. 13 Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. 15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. 16 Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.”

ABOVE AND BELOW : Ralph McQuarrie’s Bible illustration of the Ark of the Covenant as seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981.


Well, I mean that for nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost ark. It’s not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It’s like nothing you’ve ever gone after before.

— Denholm Elliott as Dr. Marcus Brody, Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic. Set design by Norman Reynolds.