The Ark is referred to as “the Footstool” of God’s feet:
“Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building” (1 Chronicles 28:2).
“We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength” (131[132]:7-8).
And the Psalms specifically command us to worship (literally, bow before) the Ark:
“Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet; for He is holy” (Psalm 98[99]:5).
And we see that the Israelites in fact did bow before the Ark:
“And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads” (Joshua 7:6).
And the Ark was carried in processions. It is possible that after the building of the Temple these processions ceased, but prior to that they did happen. We have records of them in Scripture, particularly involving David dancing before the Ark as it was brought into Jerusalem.
Yeah, exactly.
But you don’t even need to know the history to understand the clear meaning of Psalm 99:5.
The only way you could misunderstand it is if you have some sort of Asperger’s syndrome with regard to scriptural interpretation. It’s this odd failure to see meaning.
“Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet; for He is holy†(Psalm 98[99]:5).
Now you weren't doing to badly til you got to here...And you obviously decided to pervert the scriptures to get people to believe God wants Christians to worship idols...Here's the real scripture...
Psa 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
The real scripture doesn't say anything about worshiping an ark or footstool, does it...They call that 'deception'...