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[/quote]btw, scripture says that the symbolism of the ark is that God will be with them...Exodus 25 21-22 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
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The quote feature in your post went awry, but in response to the comment above-- yes, this is true however the way you might think of it has this conceptual duality that I harp on about...

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God....

The testimony-- which came to Moses and was written down on two stone tablets was the Word of God-- which is spirit, not physical.  The tablets of stone were physical of course, but just representative of the Word (testimony) and therein the presence of God- with - us  --   This is the same way that the Word came to us not on tablets of stone, but in the flesh-- in the body of Jesus -- the testimony once again delivered to men via the Spirit of God.