Posted on 12/03/2018 7:33:59 AM PST by Red Badger
BIBLE scholars claim to have uncovered the final resting place of the legendary Ark of the Covenant – saying the holy relic was most likely smuggled out of Israel to Africa.
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Bible Archaeology, Search & Exploration Institute (BASE) claim there is strong evidence that the Old Testament’s ark’s resting place is in Ethiopia.
The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most sought after relics from the Bible, being the trunk said to contain the Ten Commandments handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
It is said the chest is made of wood and covered in gold, containing the two stone tablets along with other paraphernalia from the Bible.
Ethiopia has long had a connection to the Ark, with Christians in the country outright claiming to be the current holders of the relic with it under guard at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion.
BASE archaeologists have claimed there is “compelling evidence” that the Ark was in fact taken to Africa by ancient Jews as it was sailed down the Nile.
Biblical scholars mounted an expedition to Ethiopia as they believe the Ark was taken there after being shipped out of Israel to Egypt.
BASE do not 100% claim to have uncovered the Ark, but said the research has “strong potential”.
It said: "Although the subject is controversial and clouded with confusion, one emerging theory indicates that the Ark of the Covenant was transported out of ancient Israel and may be in Ethiopia today.
"As unusual as this may sound, the BASE team has uncovered compelling evidence that the Ark may well have been spirited up the Nile River to an eventual resting place in the remote highlands of ancient Kush–modern-day Ethiopia.”
BASE allege the Biblical king Manasseh drove a sect of Jews out of Israel and they took the Ark of the Covenant with them from its original resting place beneath the Temple Mount.
Biblical scholars from there suggest the Ark was taken to Egypt, where the organisation claims to have found evidence of a Jewish colony on Elephantine Island.
Investigators were dispatched who found the ruins of a replica Jewish temple, claims they say are backed by ancient scrolls such as bundle of documents the Elephantine Papyri.
Questioning where the Ark went next, BASE theorise the Ark was then sailed down the river Nile to Ethiopia.
BASE believe the temple found in Egypt was destroyed around 410BC, so around then is when the Ark would have been shipped to Ethiopia.
It has been described as “ideal refuge” for the Ark as it could not return to Israel due to persecution.
Visiting the alleged site in Ethiopia they were met with Christian monks who showed BASE investigators remains of what were said to alters for ancient ritual sacrifice and remains of a makeshift tent that would have housed and protected the Ark.
The monks also produced the two forks allegedly taken from Solomon’s Temple – the first temple in Jerusalem – that was destroyed in 587 BC.
BASE scholars visited the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion – but were denied access to the alleged Ark, but were given compelling testimony by the priest onsite.
No one can view the Ark except for the guardian monk, who is confined to the chapel looking after the golden crate until his death.
"At this juncture, we cannot say with certainty that it is, but neither can he say for certain that it isn’t,” they said.
"What we have concluded is that St. Mary’s of Zion church in Axum, Ethiopia, is the resting place either of an incredible replica of the biblical Ark of the Covenant, or, of the actual Ark of the Covenant itself.”
Legends about the end of days are linked to the recovery of the Ark, claiming the construction of the prophesied Third Temple – which would trigger the end times and the arrival of the Messiah – needs the crate to be returned to Jerusalem.
Prophecies state that Ark will be found just before Judgement Day when God should "gather his people again and receive them unto mercy”.
Other theories on the Ark’s location claim it remains hidden in its resting place beneath the Temple Mount, to being sunk in the Sea of Galilee, or even being captured by the US.
And some even claim it was discovered by the Knights Templar and brought to Temple Herdewyke, near Leamington Spa, or remains hidden beneath the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
To this day, there is no leading historical theory on what happened to the Ark and some question whether such an object ever existed at all.
Right.
These are all warning signs of a sham.
I hesitated to call it such in my previous post, because I don’t have any reason to disparage this site other than how fish/shady it seems on it’s face. But... if you were going to claim you have the ark when you didn’t, but you still wanted to generate interest/donations/pilgrimages, then this exact scenario is what you would need to employ. Guard it from prying eyes and anyone’s ability to research it’s authenticity.
Biblical king Manasseh hid the Ark in Manassas (Virginia) where it remains to this day.
I understand the fascination with religious artifacts. As believers we would love to see verification of our faith, proof to the body of unbelievers. But these artifacts were simply tools used by God to speak to use. The power of God is infinite, more so than any of use could ever understand. I remember the Indiana Jones Crusade movie, a search for the vessel that would give Donovan eternal life in this Word. I felt like yelling at the screen: you can have eternal life in a much better World. Simply believe.
I heard that claim 25 years ago.
LOL !!!....Well played
The debate over where the Ark is was put to rest back in 1982.
Post trib?
“Reasonable. Even if it WAS in Ethiopia, do you think Israel wouldn’t have pulled an “Entebbe” years ago and brought it back to Jerusalem?”
Doubtful.
For one, a pagan shrine sits on the Temple mount.
For two, much of Israel does not want the Temple (secularists) or does not consider the rebuilding of the Temple to be appropriate without the Mosiach (a plurality of Orthodox).
For three, there are rather extreme rules and regulations regarding transport of the Ark. Ask poor Uzzah, who meant well.
Who watches the Ark when the monk has to go to the bathroom?
That’s because there isn’t one. Christ rendered the Ark irrelevant.
This article renders itself irrelevant. What a bunch of drivel. It’s just the same old stuff we’ve heard/read many times before, repackaged as click-bait.
Now, maybe I’ll believe it when they ship Geraldo over there and he opens the ark to find an empty soda bottle and some spoiled manna, or his face melts. Or something like that.
Meanwhile, it’s just same junk, different day.
Well there will be a temple during the Tribulation, so it’s coming.
I had the same thought as you, Christ being the living Ark and first born ensample of what all God’s children will be someday all of us “living arks indwelt with God’s living Spirit and Shekinah glory!!!”...rendering such a physical Ark moot(but not necessarily unimportant and certainly not to be scorned or mocked!. For the Ark was a shadow of the coming Christ and of the incorruptible bodies his children will be resurrected into!
Peace to you and Merry Christmas!
I have one I’ll sell you. Order now and I’ll send you a second one free!
That explains the battle of Manassas in 1861. If the Union forces had won the battle and captured the Ark, the war would have been over three months after it started.
Yeah, I have no idea what that is. Nor care.
Rut-Roh!!
It’s just another variable that doesn’t need altering.
According to the following verse, the ark is in heaven.
Revelation 11:19, “Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.”
Note: this topic is from 12/03/2018. Thanks Red Badger, finally got a round tuit, thanks also grey_whiskers, dfwgator, and aimhigh.
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