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Would God still reside inside it today? Jesus' death and ressurection should have negated the necessity of all that, just like Jesus claimed he was in the Rock during the flight from Egypt which I believe is literally true, although I know no mention of anyone knowing where that rock is now. Why would it still be necessary for power to emanate from the ark after Jesus rose from the dead? He said He was present when two or more were gathered in His name. It seems to me that it can't be both ways. Jesus was Emmanuel, God is with us, so Christians believe, not that I believe that that God is not also with the remnant Jews in some mystical way. I just tend to believe that the Ark, if it still exists, may still contain the tablets, can't remember offhand the relics supposed to be in it, and has no power associated with it at this time or for the past 2000+ years. It would be, to me, a holy artifact if I am correct.

Catholics might believe that the Real Presence superceded the ark, not sure how that is viewed. Some even think it is in the Vatican, I've no opinion on that one way or the other.

Some people think that Christianity superseded Judaism. But it would be more orthodox to say that Christianity fullfilled Judaism.

It repeatedly says, throughout the Old Testament, that God’s covenant with Israel is “forever.” St. Paul confirms that phrasing in one of his epistles.

Christians believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah spoken of by the Hebrew prophets. Many Jews have converted over the centuries, including those mentioned in the Book of Acts, but many have not, and presumably they still enjoy the covenental relationship with God that He promised never to abandon.

God told Moses that no one can look upon Him and live, but the Shekinah is the “majestic presence” of God, His manifestation of Himself. The Jewish Encyclopedia has an article on the word:

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=588&letter=S

Exodus suggests that when the Ark was in the tabernacle in the desert, God manifested Himself at times, and then no one could enter the tabernacle, but at other times seemed to absent Himself from it, when the Ark could be carefully carried on poles, but not directly touched.