In my last piece on The Ten Commandments, at the end I stated that Deuteronomy 10:5 tells us that the tablets are in the Ark. Where is the Ark now? The book of 2 Maccabees tells us that Jeremiah hid the Ark and the Tabernacle of David. The Ark has remained hidden since that time, but it is just hidden, not lost.
According to the Temple Institute [emphasis mine]:
Tradition records that even as King Solomon built the First Temple, he already knew, through Divine inspiration, that eventually it would be destroyed. Thus Solomon, the wisest of all men, oversaw the construction of a vast system of labyrinths, mazes, chambers and corridors underneath the Temple Mount complex. He commanded that a special place be built in the bowels of the earth, where the sacred vessels of the Temple could be hidden in case of approaching danger. Midrashic tradition teaches that King Josiah of Israel, who lived about forty years before the destruction of the First Temple, commanded the Levites to hide the Ark, together with the original menorah and several other items, in this secret hiding place which Solomon had prepared.
This location is recorded in our sources, and today, there are those who know exactly where this chamber is. And we know that the ark is still there, undisturbed, and waiting for the day when it will be revealed. An attempt was made some few years ago to excavate towards the direction of this chamber. This resulted in widespread Moslem unrest and rioting. They stand a great deal to lose if the Ark is revealed - for it will prove to the whole world that there really was a Holy Temple, and thus, that the Jews really do have a claim to the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Shlomo Goren claims to have actually seen the Ark:
In the summer of 1983, Goren and several other rabbis joined Rabbi Yehuda Getz, who worked for the Religious Affairs Ministry at the Western Wall, in touring a chamber underneath the mount that Getz had illegally excavated, where the two claimed to have seen the Ark of the Covenant. The excavation was shortly discovered and resulted in a massive brawl between young Jews and Arabs in the area. The access tunnel to the chamber was quickly sealed with concrete by Israeli police. The sealed entrance can be seen from the Western Wall Tunnel, which opened to the public in 1996.
Ron Wyatt has quite a story to tell about actually finding the Ark of the Covenant. He is somewhat controversial, and you will find many saying he is a fraud, but given the last five years that we have lived through I am willing to entertain ideas that I might have readily dismissed in the past. I suggest that you research this out and arrive at your own conclusion, don’t just let the naysayers “shoot the messenger.” I am providing two videos below for your consideration to get you started.
Michael Rood has done teachings on this subject as well and I provide two of his presentations below for your consideration.
After considering the videos above, it is easy to conclude that Yehovah God is not done with the Ark. He did not allow it to be lost to antiquity, He provided for it’s safe keeping until the time of the end when He plans to reveal it and use it for His purposes.
The lid of the Ark is referred to as the “Mercy Seat.” Traditional images of the Ark do not generally allow anyone to sit on the lid, the seat, as the two cherub’s wings cover the entire lid as shown below.
The image at the top of this piece shows an Ark that looks more like a chair, it has a seat with a back. I believe it is actually the earthly thrown of Yehovah God. I also believe that it will be revealed in the last days prior to the “man of lawlessness” (the antichrist) being revealed. Sha’ul writes in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 about him, “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. As 2 Maccabees tells us, Jeremiah hid both the Ark of the Covenant as well as the Tabernacle of David, along with other things. When the Ark is finally revealed, so will the Tabernacle of David be revealed. No third Temple needs to be built, the Tabernacle can fulfill that role until the third Temple is finally built after the return of Yeshua Messiah. Once these things are brought out, the Tabernacle set up and the Ark put into the Holy of Holies, the “man of lawlessness” will sit on the Ark and proclaim himself to be God as Sha’ul says.
Many Christians may dismiss some of this since it’s really “Jewish stuff” from the Old Testament. Read what Sha’ul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 again. He says that Jesus Christ, that is Yeshua Messiah, will not return before the “man of lawlessness,” the antichrist, is revealed. Many Christians think they will be raptured out of here prior to any of the bad stuff, antichrist stuff, happening. Sha’ul, Paul, begs to differ. I strongly suggest watching the included videos above as they will discuss why any of this matters to Christians.
I share all of this now so that when these things begin to happen that you will understand what is happening, most people will not. In some ways I dread these things as this means that the Great Tribulation, the worst time that there will ever be on planet Earth, is underway. In other ways I can’t wait for it to happen since it means the return of Messiah is very, very near!!!
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