Sacred Scripture tells us the exact location of the Ark of the Covenant, and when it will be found | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69634974 United States 06/28/2015 10:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Sacred Scripture tells us the exact location of the Ark of the Covenant, and when it will be found Sacred Scripture tells us the exact location of the Ark: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65531106 "These same records also tell us that Jeremiah, acting under divine guidance, commanded the Tent of the Lord's Presence and the Covenant Box to follow him to the mountain where Moses had looked down on the land which God had promised our people. When Jeremiah got to the mountain, he found a huge cave and there he hid the Tent of the Lord's Presence, the Covenant Box, and the altar of incense. Then he sealed up the entrance. Some of Jeremiah's friends tried to follow him and mark the way, but they could not find the cave. When Jeremiah learned what they had done, he reprimanded them, saying: No one must know about this place until God gathers his people together again and shows them mercy. At that time he will reveal where these things are hidden, and the dazzling light of his presence will be seen in the cloud, as it was in the time of Moses and on the occasion when Solomon prayed that the Temple might be dedicated in holy splendor. We are also told how the wise King Solomon offered a sacrifice of dedication at the completion of the Temple, and that when he prayed, fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifices, just as it had done earlier when Moses prayed." 2 Macc 2:4-12 So, the Ark of the Covenant was hidden by the Prophet Jeremiah on the mountain where Moses saw the Promised Land, and one day will be miraculously revealed towards the end of time by the descent of the Divine Presence in dazzling light, like the theophany at Sinai, after the eschatological ingathering of the Jews to the land of Israel. All other options, such as that the Ark was hidden beneath the Temple Mount, carried off to Axum in Ethiopia, was captured by the Babylonians, or destroyed, should therefore be discounted, since Scripture itself tells us its exact location. According to Deut 34 the mountain from where Moses looked down to see the Promised Land is Mount Nebo, located in modern day Jordan. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69641809 United States 06/29/2015 08:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Sacred Scripture tells us the exact location of the Ark of the Covenant, and when it will be found It is the most important religious object in Jewish history. It would thus appear that the eschatological discovery of the Ark of the Covenant prophesied in 2 Macc 2:4-12 is the primary catalyst for the future conversion of the Jews - an event which Saint John's Apocalypse links to the appearance of the Great Sign seen in Heaven during the birth pangs of the Second Coming of the Messiah: "Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth." Reading 2 Macc 2:4-12 side-by-side as a theological diptych with the above section of the Apocalypse, we are left with the distinct impression that the rediscovery of the Ark of the Covenant brought about by the appearance of the Divine presence in the Shekhinah Glory would be accompanied by the Great Sign in Heaven - which is described in the Apocalypse as a vision of the Woman Adorned with the Sun. By combining both texts, we appear to have a prophecy of a future Marian apparition in the vicinity of Mount Nebo that leads to the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant, which has been lost to history for the past 2,600 years. And it would also seem that this Marian apparition coincides with the appearance of the Divine Shekhinah Glory to reveal the Ark of the Covenant. Could it be that the Theotokos herself will appear with the manifestation of her Spouse the Holy Spirit in the Shekhinah Glory, and reveal not only the location of the Ark of the Covenant, but also leading to the the understanding that the Blessed Virgin is in fact its physical embodiment - thus securing the future conversion of the Jews promised in the writings of the New Testament? |
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