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| 0:00 | · | Supercuts [Music] |
| 0:20 | · | [Music] the ark was a sacred object in ancient |
| 0:28 | · | Israelite religion according to Exodus 25 verses 10 through 22 the ark was a |
| 0:34 | · | box it was made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold plating inside and out and it measured two and a half cubits by |
| 0:42 | · | one and a half cubits wide and high so roughly a three feet nine inches a little under four feet long and two feet |
| 0:49 | · | three inches again wide and high so it wasn't a very big object to look at it |
| 0:55 | · | you would not necessarily have been afraid of it for sure but the Bible connected it to the |
| 1:01 | · | presence of Yahweh the god of Israel and so it was never to be touched by anyone |
| 1:06 | · | this is why the Israelites carried it with the use of poles on their way to the promised land after The Exodus from |
| 1:12 | · | Egypt the ark had a lid as well the Hebrew term for that is kaporet and it was made |
| 1:18 | · | of solid gold to which two cherubim Angelic cherubim were fixed |
| 1:24 | · | English translations refer to the lid as The Mercy Seat the ark was also called God's footstool so a seat and a |
| 1:31 | · | footstool now the two conceptions are compatible since ancient Thrones of the period had |
| 1:36 | · | a footstool that was part of the throne now since there was no object more |
| 1:42 | · | sacred to the ancient Israelites you might wonder whatever happened to the |
| 1:47 | · | Ark of the Covenant now everybody talks about the Ark of the Covenant you may know there's all kinds |
| 1:52 | · | of theories there's at least six of them as where's the Ark of the Covenant some people feel it was taken by men elect to |
| 1:58 | · | Ethiopia during Solomon's apostasy that's something you can disprove but there are some people that hold that there there's a mystery involving the |
| 2:05 | · | Ark of the Covenant it was in fact lost after the Israelites made it to the |
| 2:11 | · | promised land the ark eventually was installed into the Temple of Solomon during Solomon's Reign we know that from |
| 2:17 | · | First Kings chapter 8. from that moment onwards however silence |
| 2:23 | · | and mystery envelop the fate of the Ark the ark was not by the way in Heritage Temple it was it had disappeared long |
| 2:29 | · | before uh there's another theory that it was taken by shishek in second chronicles 12. and uh that was the that was the |
| 2:37 | · | theory that they made the the spoof movie Indiana Jones about them on that premise some Scholars and students of |
| 2:44 | · | the Ark mystery have suggested that the reason that the ark doesn't appear in the accounts of Nebuchadnezzar's |
| 2:49 | · | Invasion and the destruction of the Israelite Temple is because it just wasn't there |
| 2:54 | · | they believe that the ark was removed from the temple prior to the time of Nebuchadnezzar's Invasion there are two |
| 3:01 | · | candidate events for this Theory the first one we find in First Kings 14 |
| 3:07 | · | 25-26 where we read that in the time of rehoboam the king of Judah in Jerusalem |
| 3:12 | · | quote shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem he took away the Treasures of |
| 3:18 | · | the house of the Lord and the Treasures of the King's house he took away everything unquote |
| 3:26 | · | now this is the theory adopted in the movie Raiders of the law start with the twist that the ark was housed in Tannis |
| 3:33 | · | Egypt which was obliterated in a sandstorm the theory has adherence because it is |
| 3:39 | · | reason that the ark must have been among the Treasures of the house of the Lord and the verses say that shashak took |
| 3:47 | · | away everything there are problems with this Theory though shishak in the biblical narrative |
| 3:53 | · | is presumed to be shoshank of Egypt in the standard chronology of both the |
| 3:58 | · | Israelite monarchy and Egyptian history the names may look similar but some |
| 4:04 | · | Scholars don't believe they can be linguistically aligned in addition there are a number of contradictions between |
| 4:10 | · | shoshank's account of his invasion into Judah and that of the Bible including the fact that Jerusalem itself is not |
| 4:17 | · | among the cities in shoshank's list of conquered sites lastly later in Biblical history after |
| 4:25 | · | the time of shishak's raid the ark apparently is still in Jerusalem and we |
| 4:31 | · | can discern this from hezekiah's Prayer in the Bible the prayer suggests that Hezekiah is praying in the vicinity and |
| 4:38 | · | direction of the Ark if this is the case The shishak Invasion view Falls the |
| 4:46 | · | treasures taken from the house of the Lord in First Kings 14 were apparently gold and silver the temple served as a |
| 4:53 | · | kind of Treasury not sacred objects or other sacred objects besides the ark |
| 5:00 | · | uh hidden by Jeremiah on Mount Nebo is another theory because it's mentioned the Maccabees there isn't a single |
| 5:06 | · | direct reference made to it until the time of Jeremiah who ministered in Judah Israel's |
| 5:12 | · | Southern Kingdom right before Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Jerusalem and destroyed the city and the |
| 5:19 | · | temple those events are described in Second Kings 25 and Jeremiah 52. now |
| 5:25 | · | there are several other speculations about Ark survival that date to the second temple period also known as the |
| 5:32 | · | inter-testamental period One Source in that period is the Jewish historian eupolimus the ark we are told in this |
| 5:40 | · | Source was taken by the Prophet Jeremiah and this wood in theory explain why it |
| 5:46 | · | does not show up in biblical or Babylonian booty lists the same belief is found in other |
| 5:51 | · | ancient sources of the same second temple period second Maccabees two verses one through eight |
| 5:58 | · | says accordingly I'll read you a few lines of this we read it was also |
| 6:03 | · | contained in the same writing that the prophet being warned of God commanded the Tabernacle and the Ark to go with |
| 6:10 | · | him as he went forth into the mountain where Moses climbed up and saw the |
| 6:15 | · | heritage of God and when Jeremy that's Jeremiah came thither he found a hollow cave wherein |
| 6:23 | · | he laid the Tabernacle and the Ark and the altar of incense and so stopped the |
| 6:29 | · | door now what this describes is Jeremiah who lived right before Nebuchadnezzar's |
| 6:35 | · | Invasion apparently according to this source took the Tabernacle and there's a |
| 6:40 | · | lot to that I mean this was a large structure so he had all these objects in the tent everything associated with it |
| 6:46 | · | moved along with the ark to some cave near or at Mount Nebo |
| 6:52 | · | again this is just what the text says of course no one has ever discovered the ark or anything associated with the |
| 6:59 | · | Tabernacle on that mountain hidden on the Temple mount that there are many many |
| 7:05 | · | people in Israel today that believe it's hidden under the Temple Mount that's the |
| 7:10 | · | official rabbinical view by the way but people who've really studied it doubt that for a number of reasons now this |
| 7:16 | · | has led to some what I would call nonsensical views for instance there's the view of Tom crotzer and Ron Wyatt |
| 7:23 | · | who is now deceased they tell stories of altered you know stories of you know alternative views |
| 7:29 | · | and how they went to search for the ark and how they found it but again the government stole it or it was lost or |
| 7:34 | · | they couldn't find their way back I mean there's all sorts of variations about this there are even some fuzzy photos |
| 7:41 | · | one of them has a nail in the ark so we know that probably isn't the Ark of the |
| 7:47 | · | Covenant many people believe the ark was taken by the Babylonians but there's no evidence |
| 7:52 | · | for that curiously the ark is not mentioned in the grocery list of objects taken back |
| 7:58 | · | to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar either in the list the Bible gives us or |
| 8:04 | · | in the list that has survived in Babylonian records the omission of the art can't just be a scribal oversight |
| 8:11 | · | either the Ark of the Covenant is not mentioned when the Israelites returned to their Homeland 70 years later |
| 8:17 | · | and rebuilt the temple that's in Ezra chapters one through six so both going |
| 8:22 | · | to Babylon and coming back from Babylon the ark is missing in the descriptions |
| 8:27 | · | of either Journey but there is an interesting illusion in |
| 8:34 | · | the text in Second Kings 21 and especially second chronicles 35 |
| 8:39 | · | that the ark was taken to Egypt during Manassas atrocities |
| 8:45 | · | there are a number of Ark survival theories all of them focus on the idea |
| 8:50 | · | that the Ark of the Covenant was removed by Israelite priests for its own protection before Nebuchadnezzar ever |
| 8:58 | · | got into Babylon or even before that the most well-known of these is that of |
| 9:03 | · | Graham Hancock but it's a view that he didn't invent he articulates this in his |
| 9:09 | · | book The Sign and the seal now Hancock believes that the ark was removed before or during the reign of |
| 9:15 | · | the wicked apostate King Manasseh and after its removal the Ark of the Covenant was taken to elephantine at one |
| 9:23 | · | time a Jewish colony in Egypt and then it was moved again ultimately to |
| 9:29 | · | Ethiopia and Manasseh was trying to wipe out Judaism and the Levites took it out of |
| 9:36 | · | the country and so we have Manassas Rampage if you want to do your background on that of Second |
| 9:42 | · | Kings 21 and second Chronicles 34 Manasseh was King and he tried to wipe out Judaism |
| 9:48 | · | the Levites to protect Judaism took the ark out of there |
| 9:53 | · | and uh he's replaced then by Josiah who discovers a copy of the Torah that they |
| 10:00 | · | did not destroy he realizes how far far they've fallen and he organized a big Passover celebration and that's the |
| 10:06 | · | context of second chronicles 35. and so in second second chronicles 35 we |
| 10:14 | · | have some strange passages about Josiah and Pharaoh Neko that we'll look at here in a minute |
| 10:19 | · | and then I I'm going to suggest to you this will tie very clearly to the Ethiopian treasure in Acts chapter 8. |
| 10:26 | · | and we're going to talk a little bit about the role of The Mercy Seat which most people are not familiar with let's take a look at Second Chronicles 35 |
| 10:33 | · | starting at verse 3. and Josiah said unto the Levites that |
| 10:39 | · | taught all Israel which were holy unto the Lord quote put the holy Ark in the house with |
| 10:45 | · | Solomon the son of David the king of Israel to build it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders serve now the Lord |
| 10:52 | · | your God and His People Israel so here's a reference to the Ark of the |
| 10:58 | · | Covenant in the days of Josiah which tells you that |
| 11:03 | · | well that gets rid of a lot of those theories that we looked at earlier frankly |
| 11:09 | · | now everybody assumes that when he tells the Levites to do that they complied |
| 11:14 | · | it never says they complied quite the contrary the evidences to the contrary but the point is we know that the ark is |
| 11:22 | · | on the shoulders of the Levites they're traveling with it and why why is all this going on shall |
| 11:28 | · | not be a burden on your shoulders that's interesting so the it doesn't say they |
| 11:34 | · | complied the Levites had apparently taken the ark and The Mercy Seat which is on we tend to treat those as one |
| 11:41 | · | thing but the really two things The Mercy Seat is look for we would look at it like a lid on the Ark of the Covenant |
| 11:48 | · | they are both being transported by the Levites to get them out of the temple to get it |
| 11:54 | · | out of Jerusalem in fact to get it out of the country and there they sought protection |
| 12:00 | · | in Egypt and by the way this is confirmed archaeologically this is not this speculation I'll get to that minute |
| 12:06 | · | and so uh this is all to get they they resorted to this to get it out of the reach of |
| 12:11 | · | Manasseh who's trying to eliminate Mosaic Judaism yeah what you encounter if you get into this |
| 12:18 | · | is a legend that is promoted in Ethiopia that's not true |
| 12:24 | · | it's the mentalik legend if you will and the legend that they |
| 12:29 | · | promote go something like this the Queen of Sheba visits Solomon and in those days |
| 12:34 | · | Ethiopia included Saudi Arabia so the Queen of Sheba was Ethiopian they had a |
| 12:40 | · | son menelik the first who grows up there until he's 19 then he returns to Ethiopia and he brought with him the Ark |
| 12:47 | · | of the Covenant leaving behind a replica that's the legend you say well why Ethiopia why would they do that if there |
| 12:53 | · | was a Jewish Colony at elephantine why would they move it to Ethiopia well the |
| 12:59 | · | short answer is the Solomon Queen of Sheba story the theory is that the Queen of Sheba |
| 13:05 | · | was from Ethiopia and when she visited Solomon he gave her according to First Kings 10 13 quote all that she desired |
| 13:13 | · | unquote which Hancock believes is a cryptic saying for he got her pregnant he's |
| 13:19 | · | giving her a child as the legend is told in The ethiopic Kebra nagast which in Translation means |
| 13:27 | · | the Glory of Kings the Queen of Sheba has Solomon's child and names him |
| 13:32 | · | menelik menelik the first when the ark was taken out of the temple to prevent its defilement It ultimately |
| 13:39 | · | went to Ethiopia because Solomon's lineage was present in that |
| 13:44 | · | country Solomon was a descendant of David to whose lineage God had promised the dynastic Throne according to II Samuel |
| 13:52 | · | 7. they apparently have been guarding this object that he brought there for over 2 400 years that's the view |
| 13:58 | · | this Legend isn't just a furious Legend they have put this in the constitution of the of the government of Ethiopia |
| 14:06 | · | and so it's you actually find now this was promoted by the early Kings in |
| 14:11 | · | Ethiopia so they could claim solomonic dissent okay and so |
| 14:17 | · | that that that that's what that's its origin now we happen to know if you know your Bible you know that's not true |
| 14:24 | · | because the Josiah is much much later and the biblical record has the arc as a |
| 14:32 | · | subject separate from all this this is a legend that is the Ethiopian view of |
| 14:37 | · | what happened to the ark is my personal favorite and so it's going to make me sad to tell you about how many problems |
| 14:43 | · | it actually has but it has numerous problems first ancient Sheba was not Ethiopia |
| 14:50 | · | rather it is the land of Sabah in the southwest Arabian Peninsula likely |
| 14:56 | · | modern Yemen so that's a significant disconnect second the cabernergast the |
| 15:02 | · | holy book I alluded to earlier was written 1500 years after the events |
| 15:09 | · | of Solomon and sheba so it is far removed from being a contemporary resource |
| 15:15 | · | third the biblical terminology of Solomon giving the queen quote her desire unquote |
| 15:21 | · | does not elsewhere ever speak of pregnancy so this meaning the idea that Solomon |
| 15:28 | · | got her pregnant is nothing but speculation fourth Graham Hancock specifically |
| 15:34 | · | depends quite a bit on a medieval source to prop up this Theory the source is |
| 15:40 | · | called churches and monasteries of Egypt again the content of it is as old as the |
| 15:47 | · | early 13th century the book is written by Abu Salah in which the writer says that he saw the |
| 15:55 | · | ark the ark witnessed by Abu Salah had Christian decorations on it in other |
| 16:00 | · | words crosses something that the actual Arc didn't have and given the fact that no one in |
| 16:06 | · | the Old Testament was to ever touch the ark it was transported with poles remember it is highly doubtful that what |
| 16:13 | · | Abu Salah saw was the real Ark of the Covenant there's actually very little evidence to |
| 16:19 | · | support of the arcs surviving and winding up in Ethiopia and so yeah I'm disappointed but there |
| 16:26 | · | are alternative theories and because most people who know their Bible know |
| 16:32 | · | this Legend can't be true they dismiss the idea that the ark is in Ethiopia |
| 16:38 | · | what they overlook is that even though this Legend's not true the ark got down there by a |
| 16:43 | · | different path and so we have a mystery on our hands it's not listed in any |
| 16:49 | · | Source such as the Bible ancient kinea foreign tablets nothing as far as what |
| 16:54 | · | happened to it so other than being taken in a military Invasion what other |
| 17:00 | · | explanations have Scholars and other researchers offered for what might have |
| 17:05 | · | happened to the art and that's the surprise and you'll find it in the text |
| 17:10 | · | so see this traditional Legend is not compatible with the biblical record since the ark is referred to in the |
| 17:18 | · | subsequent days of Josiah as we just looked at it and again what's overlooked is that the art may have arrived there by another |
| 17:24 | · | series of events which are alluded to later in that same chapter in second chronicles 35 and we'll take a look at |
| 17:30 | · | this here looking at Second Chronicles 35 starting verse 20. |
| 17:36 | · | after all this when Josiah had prepared the temple he's trying to get organized this big |
| 17:42 | · | Passover Neko king of Egypt came up to fight against karshamesh by Euphrates |
| 17:49 | · | so get the picture Pharaoh Neko of Egypt at this time the Assyrian Empire is |
| 17:55 | · | starting to fall apart so faraneko is going there to pick to uh |
| 18:00 | · | to get some assets so he came up to fight the Pharaoh Neko is going to fight against the Assyrian |
| 18:07 | · | Empire which is an enemy of Israel got the picture okay |
| 18:12 | · | and Josiah went out against him that's weird hear your you know your enemy of your |
| 18:20 | · | enemy is your friend should be you would think that Pharaoh necklace going against the Syrian Empire that Israel |
| 18:26 | · | would be glad to see that happen no something very strange going on here Josiah went out against him and this |
| 18:32 | · | puzzle faraneko in verse 21 but he sent ambassadors to |
| 18:37 | · | him that Pharaoh Nicholson's ambassadors to Josiah he said what am I to do with thee Thou King of Judah I come not |
| 18:44 | · | against thee this day but against the house wherewith I have War I get notice what Pharaoh Neko is saying |
| 18:51 | · | here for God commanded me to make haste forbear thee from meddling with God who |
| 18:57 | · | is with me that he destroy thee not notice the surprise and the claim of |
| 19:04 | · | fairness he feels he's doing what God told him to do and what on Earth is Josiah doing |
| 19:09 | · | obstructing him one of the questions I have to ask what possibly would motivate Josiah to |
| 19:17 | · | go against ferraneco he is just a few verses earlier asked |
| 19:23 | · | the Levites to return the ark to where it belongs |
| 19:28 | · | they didn't comply he's going as fair and Echo because he wants that Arc back |
| 19:34 | · | you with me so far that's a speculation let's see what happens here |
| 19:39 | · | and so yanaka says I'm not coming against thee this day but against the house or with thy War for God commanded |
| 19:45 | · | me I want you to notice the next verse it's even more notice the next verse is not a quote |
| 19:51 | · | from pharaohoneko it's a quote by the chronicler that's writing this |
| 19:57 | · | nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him but disguised himself that he might |
| 20:03 | · | fight with him and hearken not unto the words of Neko from the mouth of God and came to fight |
| 20:11 | · | in the valley of megiddo subtly but it's important you notice that verse 22 is |
| 20:16 | · | not part of the quote of pharaneco it's a quote by the chronicler so if you take the Bible seriously you |
| 20:24 | · | can take that as being true you with me Pharaoh neck was expressing of you he's this is giving effect that he he |
| 20:30 | · | hearkened under the words of Neko from the mouth of God wait a minute wait a minute how could Pharaoh Neko |
| 20:37 | · | be hearing from the mouth of God this isn't a boast this is a comment of the chronicler |
| 20:43 | · | [Music] well anyway it goes on then the next verse in the archers shot at King Josiah |
| 20:49 | · | and the King said to his servants had me away for I'm sure I wouldn't it turns out Josiah gets killed in that battle |
| 20:55 | · | and the rest goes on The Grieving the the loss of this very uh popular young |
| 21:01 | · | King Josiah he's quite he was quite a guy good guy so that's a tragedy but how would Pharaoh Neko hear from the |
| 21:08 | · | mouth of God because the Levites had set up the Tabernacle |
| 21:14 | · | on elephantine Island which was the main Palace of pharaoh Neko in those days |
| 21:19 | · | from the mouth of God okay I want you to notice verse 22 is the Declaration of the chronicler not fair |
| 21:25 | · | on Echo that's a critical thing to get this in Focus what are the issues here why did Josiah persist attacking for an |
| 21:32 | · | echo my presumption but it's my presumption that he was after the Earth |
| 21:37 | · | why did Pharaoh Neko feel that God was on his side apparently the Levites had set up shop down there |
| 21:44 | · | how could pharaohneko have had instructions from the mouth of God as the question you know when you study the |
| 21:49 | · | passage broader you'll discover Josiah always got his instructions through the prophetess Hoda |
| 21:56 | · | rather than the levitical priesthood why because the priests the Levites were gone so he gets his guidance from the prophet |
| 22:02 | · | and that's fine but it isn't a normal routine something's going on here |
| 22:07 | · | now there's something else you need to know that most your commentaries fail to highlight |
| 22:13 | · | Pharaoh Neko was another one of these pharaohs that wasn't Egyptian see Pharaoh was a title |
| 22:20 | · | Pharaoh Neko guess what was in Ethiopian |
| 22:25 | · | it's known as the Ethiopian Dynasty so suddenly the fog is lifting here a |
| 22:31 | · | little bit isn't it you with me and you can check that out encourage you to do that |
| 22:37 | · | what we've stumbled into here is a documented tradition |
| 22:43 | · | and uh that uh in 642 BC elephantine island is an |
| 22:50 | · | island in the Nile that at that time was the headquarters of ferraneco |
| 22:55 | · | and uh at Fort for in a couple of centuries later in four 470 BC it moves |
| 23:03 | · | to town of curcas Island in Lake Tana Ethiopia and then in 330 it moved to accident we'll track this here and it's |
| 23:09 | · | presently at St Mary's of Zion Church whatever it is they've been guarding and uh and they believe it's that the |
| 23:17 | · | Ethiopians believe it's destined to be presented to the Messiah when he rules on Mount Zion |
| 23:22 | · | there's a whole chapter on this that we went through back in eyes in the chapter |
| 23:28 | · | 18 of Isaiah and it's also alluded in several other places Zephaniah 310 in |
| 23:33 | · | other places so let's take a look at this so apparently the Levites |
| 23:39 | · | to get it out of Harm's Way go down to elephantine Island the |
| 23:45 | · | headquarters of Egypt and seek protection from farron Echo and elephantine Island was a fortified |
| 23:51 | · | capital and the Ark apparently stays there from 6 30 BC through about 430 BC |
| 23:57 | · | about two centuries and that's documented archaeologically by the way |
| 24:02 | · | and so it was an early Advance Outpost of Egypt it was their southernmost Border Town |
| 24:10 | · | the Fortified installation serving as the first dynasty Fortress it had military importance during the |
| 24:16 | · | 25th Dynasty the so-called Ethiopian Dynasty and there was a temple diode that served |
| 24:23 | · | the Jewish Colony prior to the Persian occupations of 525 to 404. and you can |
| 24:28 | · | find this confirmed in the official guidebook by the German Institute of archeology in Cairo back in 1919 and |
| 24:35 | · | 1998. so this is this has that substance well it stays there for about two |
| 24:42 | · | centuries then it moves down to Lake Tana um Way South is a gigantic lake lake |
| 24:49 | · | tana and it's full of a lot of islands and one of those islands is Tana kirko's Island and it stays there for 800 years |
| 24:57 | · | until it and and then it finally uh and we visited that by the way several times |
| 25:03 | · | and this is uh one of the monks there showing me something he's |
| 25:09 | · | very proud of and he has an Ethiopian Bible and in their Bible they have Reckoning of Mary and Joseph |
| 25:18 | · | and the baby visiting Mac if you know your your new testament and they they uh |
| 25:25 | · | they they they they they have a record of them visiting tonkers Island |
| 25:30 | · | and so they've then mentioned for 800 years until it finally moves to uh Aksum |
| 25:36 | · | where it presumably is there still today and uh so it's uh it stays there until |
| 25:42 | · | uh they they feel they are |
| 25:47 | · | committed to guarding it until Messiah rules on Mount Zion and when you go to |
| 25:55 | · | Aksum there's a place called the uh the the St Mary's Church of Zion |
| 26:02 | · | it's a a sort of a unimposing fortress kind of thing but that goes down underground and |
| 26:10 | · | there are tunnels all the way to the Red Sea they've been guarding this thing for over 2000 years so it's a and they take |
| 26:17 | · | that very very seriously and so A continuing Trust 2400 year history of a sacred Relic |
| 26:24 | · | guarded by the opens from his tenure in elephantine Island back then town of kirkus Island Lake tana and its present |
| 26:31 | · | location at its compound at Axon and they believe that they've been |
| 26:36 | · | charged to deliver to the Messiah when he rules at Mount Zion and that's that that's what drives |
| 26:43 | · | we also have second temple sources though that take a dramatically different turn |
| 26:50 | · | one second temple source for instance says that the Ark of our covenant has been plundered that is from second |
| 26:56 | · | estrus 10 22. now why would it say that why would you have a second temple |
| 27:03 | · | period Jewish writer say that basically the ark was taken or |
| 27:08 | · | or destroyed you know plundered why would they say that again because of all of this other information about the |
| 27:15 | · | mystery of the Ark well that Source actually comes up with that idea because the Bible suggests it |
| 27:23 | · | now let's start with a passage in Jeremiah a contemporary of the destruction of the Temple |
| 27:29 | · | in the book of Jeremiah the prophet envisions a day in the distant future when the Exiles of Judah who are about |
| 27:36 | · | to be carried off to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar get to return to their Homeland and he |
| 27:43 | · | writes and this is from Jeremiah 3 14-16 quote return o faithless children |
| 27:50 | · | declares the Lord for I am your master I will take you one from a city and two |
| 27:55 | · | from a family and I will bring you to Zion and I will give you Shepherds after my |
| 28:00 | · | own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding and when you have multiplied and been |
| 28:06 | · | fruitful in the land in those days declares the Lord they shall no more say |
| 28:12 | · | the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord it shall not come to mind or be |
| 28:17 | · | remembered or missed it shall not be made again |
| 28:23 | · | now the key verse here is that last verse verse 16. where the Prophet describes the lament of people over the |
| 28:31 | · | loss of the Ark there is simply no reason for people to desire that the Ark |
| 28:36 | · | of the Covenant be made again or that they would miss it if it had not been lost |
| 28:42 | · | a Lamentations 2 verse 1 this is a book also associated with the Prophet |
| 28:48 | · | Jeremiah also suggests the loss of the ark that verse says |
| 28:54 | · | how the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud |
| 28:59 | · | he has cast down from Heaven to Earth the Splendor of Israel he has not remembered his footstool |
| 29:07 | · | in the day of his anger now the entire book of Lamentations is a |
| 29:13 | · | series of laments about the destruction of Jerusalem in its Temple elsewhere of course you'll recall that |
| 29:19 | · | the Ark of the Covenant was called the footstool of the Lord for instance in first Chronicles 28 2. so Lamentations 2 |
| 29:27 | · | 1 says the Lord didn't remember his footstool the ark |
| 29:33 | · | in the time of his anger which strongly suggests that it was lost either |
| 29:38 | · | plundered or destroyed lastly the prophet Ezekiel had a lengthy vision of the future Temple after the |
| 29:46 | · | temple in Jerusalem was destroyed this you can read in Ezekiel 40-48. |
| 29:51 | · | one thing you'll notice if you read those chapters in Ezekiel that Temple has no Ark |
| 29:58 | · | it's entirely absent now Arc Searchers contend that the ark survived so that one day it could be |
| 30:04 | · | rediscovered and brought back to Jerusalem but Ezekiel certainly is in thinking in that |
| 30:09 | · | direction so unfortunately in the end the most coherent and I would say the |
| 30:15 | · | most biblical View is the one that we really don't like and that is the Ark of the Covenant was |
| 30:21 | · | destroyed either intentionally or maybe accidentally by Nebuchadnezzar's Army |
| 30:27 | · | during The Invasion I mean they would not necessarily have known what was in the temple if they just randomly burned |
| 30:33 | · | it down the verses that you actually see in Scripture that talk about the lament for |
| 30:39 | · | the ark and suggests the fate of the Ark point in this direction now again |
| 30:45 | · | they're not conclusive but this is what scripture suggests and therefore I think it is the most |
| 30:51 | · | coherent view that we have to offer and that would be the reason that the Ark of the Covenant isn't mentioned in |
| 30:58 | · | the booty list of things that Nebuchadnezzar took back either in the Bible or in his own records it was |
| 31:04 | · | destroyed [Music] |
| 31:21 | · | foreign [Music] |
