As a theologian, the importance of the Ark is that if it is found it would be cause to rebuild the Temple on the Mount for its housing. That would precipitate events that would start the clock ticking toward the Apocalypse and Armageddon.
That is one interpretation. There are others. You decide.
by a M.Div grad
It could destroy the space time continuum unraveling the very fabric of the universe. But that would be a worst case scenario.
This is a more than adequate explanation.
When pondering theology, ask a theologian. My mother's cousin teaches at the Catholic University in Washington after studying for 4(?) years at the Vatican. Unfortunately I have no way of contacting him.
Child,
That clock started on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar, 5708).
You know this to be true, and you know that all these events are ordained and scheduled.
It is better if we speak the truth here.
MA