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The Ark of the Covenant Discovered

Generations of explorers and biblical scholars have searched for the location of the lost Ark of the Covenant.  The last mention in Scripture is "In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah of Judah ordered the caretakers of the Ark of the Covenant to return it to the temple in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 35:1-6; cf. 2 Kings 23:21-23). Forty years later, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured Jerusalem and raided the temple. Less than ten years after that, he returned, took what was left in the temple, and then burnt it and the city to the ground. So what happened to the ark? Was it taken by Nebuchadnezzar? Was it destroyed with the city?" (source)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Legend holds that the prophet Jeremiah took the Ark and other items and hid them away on Mt. Nebo (Sinai) before Nebuchadnezzar's conquest of Jerusalem.  Others claim it is Ethiopia today, while some believe it is hidden below the 1st Temple's ruins.  The entire plot of the move Raiders of the Lost Ark revolves around the Egyptian theory.  Using action and adventure, the movie brings forth one salient point:

Sallah: Indy, there is something that troubles me.
Indiana Jones: What is it?
Sallah: The Ark. If it is there, at Tanis, then it is something that man was not meant to disturb. Death has always surrounded it. It is not of this earth.

Do you remember sitting in awe and wonder at the end of the movie and being reminded of exactly who and what they were dealing with?



Exodus 25:10-22 gives the instruction for making the Ark.  I've always wondered how the makers knew what a cherubim looked like...  Never the less, the Ark's history is a fascinating and frightening one.

It is very clear from Scripture that the Ark of the Covenant is in Heaven, residing in the Temple that will accompany Messiah's reign.  Let's see what the Scripture says about the Millennial Temple and the Ark of the Covenant:

 Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.. - This is clearly The Holy City, the physical 1 square mile New Jerusalem.  In context, this Scripture is to the persecuted church at Philadelphia who is spared the hour of temptation upon the earth.  It seems those believers get their names carved on pillars in the temple that will come down from heaven.

Revelation 7:14-17 ... And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither * shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.  17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. - These are the tribulation martyrs, who are in the temple in Heaven.  The above Scripture confirms that there is no sun in the Millennium and that they shall serve in God's temple in the Holy City, where the living waters shall flow.

Tribulation Saints Under the Altar in the Heavenly Temple
Revelation 11:1-2 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood , saying , Rise , and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein *.  2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified .

In context, the above two Scriptures, we are back on earth during the Tribulation.  There is a rebuilt Temple in the earthly city of Jerusalem.  The two witnesses from God are proclaiming God's message to a wicked city that will not listen, spiritually Sodom and Egypt.  This supports the assertion that Jerusalem as we know it today will be judged completely.

Revelation 11:19
Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.  This Scripture is plain - there is a temple in Heaven and the Ark of the Covenant is in it.

Revelation 14:15 Revelation 14: 17  Revelation 15:5-6 Revelation 16:1 These Scriptures show that God is launching avenging angels from his Heavenly Temple during the Tribulation.  Revelation 15:8 - this is a fearsome place and fearsome power exuding from it.  His wrath upon the earth is a matter of solemn gravity.  Revelation 16:17 we see that God finishes the vial judgments from his temple.

Revelation 16: 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since * men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts... shows the utter destruction of Jerusalem as we know it today.

I trust the above will serve as further evidence and proof text.  So mystery solved, we've found the Ark of the Covenant... it's in the temple in Heaven which will one day soon come down to earth and God will reside with man in the holy city.

(Author's Note:  This is the 6th in a series called "Keys to Understanding Bible Prophecy", draws largely upon the foundation laid down.  Originally produced in the Spring of 2015, this work is being humbly presented to the readers of Unsealed.org.  May the Lord put his hand upon it.)
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  1. If the arc is built ,it would on solar electrons

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  2. the arc works from positive and negative electrons store in the wool ,right and left sides of the temple curtains.

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  3. When the earthly Ark of the Covenant was lited up into Heaven it was transformed into its HEAVENLY form which is God's Rainbow. Rainbow means Promise which means a Covenant which means a Testament. The Heavenly Ark of the Testament which has the 7 Lamps of Fire which is LIGHT Which God's Rainbow is made of 7 Lights. Revelations 4:3 and 10:1 show the Ark around the Throne of God and around His head as a Halo. Ezekial 1:28 shows when Ezekial the prophet saw God's Rainbow in the heavens he knew who's presence he was in and fell on his face and God spoke to Ezekial out of the Rainbow (The Ark of His Testamony).

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