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Mary as Ark and Jesus as Bread of Life

Why is Mary called the Ark of the New Covenant? This Search 185 Short explores the connection between Mary carrying Jesus, the Ark’s sacred contents, and Christ as the Word of God and Bread of Life. Follow the biblical connections from manna to Jesus’ teaching in John 6.

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[0:00] Only that that lineage, right? And so

[0:02] now his staff is in there which

[0:04] symbolizes the high priesthood

[0:07] that that was also

[0:09] um revered during that time.

[0:12] So,

[0:13] how do we compare that with

[0:15] Mary? Cuz we're saying that Mary is the

[0:17] the ark of the new covenant.

[0:19] How is it? Well, in Mary's womb

[0:22] Jesus was present there for 9 months.

[0:25] And Jesus said he's the bread that's

[0:27] come down from heaven in John chapter

[0:29] 6:41 and that he is the bread of life in

[0:32] John chapter 6 verse 48.

[0:34] If you'll read the context there,

[0:36] they're talking about Moses

[0:39] Jesus being greater than Moses. He says,

[0:40] "I'm greater than Moses." And they're

[0:41] like, "Well, Moses fed us manna our our

[0:44] ancestors manna for 40 years.

[0:47] Miracle bread for 40 years. That's a

[0:49] great miracle.

[0:50] What can you do?"

[0:52] You know, you're saying you're greater

[0:53] than Moses. He says, "The bread that I

[0:55] will give you

[0:57] is if you eat of this bread, you'll

[0:59] never die.

[1:00] Your ancestors ate the manna and they

[1:02] died. This bread that you're going to

[1:04] eat, you'll never die." Okay, so that's

[1:06] the context, the manna. So, Jesus says,

[1:09] "I am the bread."

[1:10] He's present in Mary's womb.

[1:12] Jesus we also see in John chapter 1 that

[1:15] he is the word of God.

[1:17] Even more

[1:19] concretely and

[1:21] uh

[1:22] superior to the 10 commandment tablets

[1:25] that were in that ark

[1:27] that uh that was fashioned

[1:29] um the God told him to fashion.

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