[RnMomof7]

Irish IF you believe that Jesus is as He says the Word of God..then we would say that Jesus is the authority to whom we listen..

[Irisshlass]

I do..but I also believe in Tradition alongside of Scripture..

[Aquinasfan]

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

You forgot the next line:

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm. A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

The chapters and verses in scripture were arbitrarily added to sacred Scripture centuries after the canon was determined. Read the passage in context and you will see that the Ark is Mary.