[hispanichoosier]

Hard to say if it still exists or not, but one of the guys who tracked down the evidence really made a strong case for it being in that church in Ethiopia. However, nobody is allowed to see it. The head priest (if that's what you want to call him) even wears the traditional garb that the High Priest was supposed to wear when entering into the Holy of Holies.

I read the same thing in Graham Hancock's Sign and Seal, where he takes a pilgrimage to Ethiopia to attempt to locate the Ark. He pulls together quite a bit of historical evidence. BTW, I think the head priest is a monk who is dubbed the Guardian of the Ark.

[Buggman]

Bob Cornuke has come to the same conclusion, though he and Chuck Missler think it came to Ethiopia some time after the reign of Manesseh rather than during Solomon's reign.

Personally, I think the Ark is indeed most likely in Ethiopia, and that its return is in view of Isaiah 18. I also think that just as it represents God's throne in the tabernacle (see below) the Mercy Seat will be the throne on which the Messiah will sit after His return. That's just my speculation, however.

Thanks for the ping!