Where is the Ark of the Covenant?

Resumption of Jewish Temple worship is prophesied in Daniel 9:27, proclaiming Antichrist will make a "one week" (or seven years) covenant (perhaps a treaty among Israel and her Islamic neighbors) and will somehow permit Israel to resume Temple worship after a void of almost 2000 years.

"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."

At the "midst of the week" (of seven years) prior to arrival of Messiah, Son of David, this says Antichrist ("he") will betray the covenant with Israel and halt the Jews' brief 3 ½ years of Temple worship. Therefore, since we know the sacrifices will cease, then it follows that at some time prior to that time they will have been restored, as forecast in Daniel 9:27. It is to be noted that this "ceasing the sacrifices" event is the harbinger of the infamous "Abomination of Desolation."

As ominous confrontation between Israel and Islamic nations continues threatening World peace, a major facet of that confrontation is the Promised return of Jewish Temple worship. Islam currently controls access to the Temple Mount. So, even if and when Israel does regain access to the Temple Mount, the question from many uninformed Jews and Christians becomes: "How can Israel resume worship in a Third Temple without The Ark?"

Many respected and popular religious writers have and continue to sensationalize this question by offering, often dogmatically, that the Holy Ark is here -- or it is there -- or it is -- ????

Truth is obtained from Scripture in Jeremiah 3:16-17 -- where the prophet notes that when Israel was to return from captivity in Babylon, they certainly did NOT resume worship with The Holy Ark, nor did they have even so much as a replica of the Ark in the Second Temple. -- From Jeremiah:

"And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD': neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart."

Yes! -- When Messiah arrives to build the Third Temple, they won't even remember the Ark. Verse 17 notes that at the time of Messiah's arrival (Return!) Jerusalem will be "the throne of the LORD." Messiah is going to appear as a man with a body. -- He is NOT going to live in some golden box! -- Go figure!

Another prophet, Ezekiel, described the Temple that would be restored for Messiah. In it there is NO Ark. -- Again -- ". . . . Neither shall THAT be done any more . . . ." Historians, such as Flavius Josephus and the Talmud Rabbis, inform us that there was not even a replica of the Ark in the Second Temple.

So, don't permit these "book salesmen" to dupe you into buying their books, telling you the Holy Ark is "somewhere in Ethiopia" or it is "concealed in a passage beneath the Temple Mount" or "in a secret vault beneath the Vatican" or a dozen other "theories" with absolutely no credible evidence, notwithstanding their contradiction of Scripture. We need only await His Blessed Coming, resting assured that He will need no Ark.

Much more information on this subject, as well as many allied factors, are discussed in the book authored by Robert Reiland: "Jesus and the Third Temple: The Complete Guide to the Ancient History and Secret Rituals of the Red Heifer Ceremony" -- This book details why building the Third Temple in Jerusalem is a Jewish right and a Christian Imperative!

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