The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

For the Levite, bearing the ark of acacia wood that contained the old covenant was burdensome. For the righteous Levite it was a glorious burden, but a burden nonetheless. The old covenant could only be transported by way of foot. The ark could not be touched and remained veiled for most of the time. In accordance to the words of the covenant, a heavy burden was placed on the Israelites.

However, now under the new covenant we do not carry around heavy tablets of stone. We carry around the Spirit of the living God, a tablet on human hearts. And while the ark resided within a physical temple, now the Holy Spirit resides with us, a "temple (Gk. naos not hieron) of the living God." For God said:

"I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almight." (2 Cor. 6:16-18 quoting Lev. 26:11-12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27; Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34, 41; and 2 Sam. 7:8, 14)