Untill we were Justified by the death of Christ we (men) could not go into the presence of God..NOW men could go to God directly..the shekhina glory of God met with Israel from the Mercy seat..that is How they knew he was with them..The entire temple was typeology ...the candlesticks ,the lavor, the altars the horns on it..EVERYTHING pointed to our salvation by Christ.
By making the ark Mary it makes her god..Did Mary fulfill the Law? Was she a priest (the sign that the flowering rod demonstrated) Is she the Bread of Life?
I have read Jermiah:>) And it moved me not to pray to Mary or ascribe the charactor or the power of God to her:>))