Guy That Touched the Ark and Died?
1) Direct Answer
His name was Uzzah. He touched the Ark of God when the oxen stumbled, and the Lord struck him, and he died there.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- God had commanded that the Ark must never be touched, but carried by the Levites on poles. Exodus 25:14-15; Numbers 4:15 says they must not touch the holy things lest they die.
- David set the Ark on a new cart, and when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to steady it. God smote him for his error. 2 Samuel 6:6-7; 1 Chronicles 13:9-10.
- Later David confessed the cause: “Because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.” Then the Levites bore the Ark properly, and there was no judgment. 1 Chronicles 15:2, 13-15.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Now notice: sincerity without obedience still brings judgment. Uzzah meant well, but God had already spoken how His presence must be handled.
- You see, the “new cart” was man’s idea; God’s order was priestly shoulders and consecration. When the Word’s order was followed, there was blessing, not death.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Honor God’s Word over good intentions. Don’t try to steady God with human hands; follow His revealed way, and His presence will travel with you in safety.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
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Trying to do God a service without it being God's will
65-1127B §124
Notice. Notice, by doing this he caused the death of sincere men, putting his hand on the ark when he shouldn't have done it. A great, sincere man, think the anointing and everything was just right, but the ark was moving in its wrong way. "The oxen," the Bible said, stumbled, not "the Levites." The oxen stumbled and the cart was being pitched over; and a sincere man, with his heart full of love, put his hand upon the ark to hold it back, and was stricken dead because no man could touch
Trying to do God a service without it being God's will
65-1127B §45
Sorry to take so much time. I forgot about this even being on the radio time out there, the phone time. Now let us turn for our reading. And Brother Jack, have you got your Bible there? While I'm finding my Scripture, I'll ask Brother Jack to read this Scripture because I cannot pronounce these names. All right. In I Chronicles 13: And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and
The Ark
55-0522 §37
Then His life was poured out at Calvary,
Trying to do God a service without it being His will
65-0718M §61
Notice again, here's David, what he done. And when he did, what did it do? It caused death to strike a sincere person. And I guess we're still hooked up, and I want you to hear across the lands. This thing
The Angel of the Covenant
54-0301 §28
But before he