It was the purpose of God to bring back the ark to its own place in the land of Israel. At the end of seven months, the lords of the Philistines agreed to send it away, and to send a trespass offering with it. So they gave glory to the God of Israel, because they confessed that He was the holy God who had sent the judgment upon them.
They made a new cart, and tied two cows to the cart to draw it, shutting up their calves at home. They then put the ark upon the cart, and watched to see which way the cows would go. They took the straight road to Israel's country, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left. In this God showed He was the Creator, for no one else could so tell the cows to do.
When some of the men of Bethshemesh saw the ark of God coming, they rejoiced. They put the ark on a large stone, broke the cart and set fire to the wood and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to the Lord.
But a very sad thing happened, they looked into the ark, which showed they had forgotten what Moses had told them not to do,
The Lord smote the people because they looked into the ark.
That is what so many people are doing today trying to look into the divinity of Christ and the blessed Word of God, reasoning about these things which the puny mind of man cannot comprehend.
Christ is the eternal Son of God who became a man in order to go to the cross and die for us, thus becoming our blessed Saviour.
The Word of God cannot be broken, and shall stand for ever.