THE TWO ARKS

   

 

Across the desert the Israelis coming out of Egypt carried the mortal remains of Joseph in an ark alongside the ark of Him who lives eternally.

Passers by were astonished. What the two arks in the desert signify? They were told: this one is the coffin of a dead man and that one is the ark of Him who lives eternally.

Then the passers by asked: What is the coffin of a dead man doing beside the ark of Him who lives eternally?

The reply was: he who lies in the coffin of a dead man has accomplished all that is written on the Tablets lying in the ark of Him who lives eternally.

The living God can be found among this free people in the desert only if the memory of him who has rigorously obeyed marches alongside.