ark of the covenant
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Ark of the Covenant. History Through Film. Description. Bible describes the Ark as made of acacia wood. God gave the instructions for making the Ark. A cubit and a half broad and high and two and a half cubits long (about 3.75 x 2.25 x 2.25 feet). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ark of the CovenantHistory Through Film
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Description
• Bible describes the Ark as made of acacia wood. • God gave the instructions for making the Ark.• A cubit and a half broad and high and two and a
half cubits long (about 3.75 x 2.25 x 2.25 feet). • Ark was covered all over with the purest gold. • upper surface or lid, the mercy seat, was
surrounded with a rim of gold
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• On each of the two sides were 2 gold rings, where 2 wooden poles could carry the ark
• On top of the Ark, at the 2 ends, were 2 cherubim (angels) with their faces turned toward one another.
• Their outspread wings over the top of the ark formed the throne of God, while the ark itself was his footstool.
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Contents
• According to the Bible, the two tablets of stone constituting the "testimony" or evidence of God's covenant with the people (Deuteronomy 31:26) were kept within the Ark itself.
• 10 Commandments.. The “word” of God himself!!!!
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Contents • A golden jar containing some of the manna (seed) from the Israelites' trek in the wilderness
• the rod of Aaron that budded (miracle)
• These items were removed at some point as stated in I Kings 8:9 that there "was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone."
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Prophets’ References
• Ark of the Covenant is mentioned by prophets in both the Bible and the Qur'an (Islamic holy book).
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Present Location?Middle East
• 1989: Ron Wyatt claimed to uncovered a chamber underneath Mount Moriah (Temple Mount)
• claims to have seen the ark and taken pics (blurry)
• Wyatt said excavations were closed off (private property) and no one has seen the Ark since.
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Temple Mount, Jerusalem
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Present Location?Middle East
• Vendyl Jones claimed to have found the entrance to the chamber in the cave of the Column - Qumran.
• Here, he stated, is where the Ark was hidden prior to the destruction of the First Temple.
• Jones is waiting for funding to explore the cave.
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Cave of the Column- Qumran
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Present Location?
Africa• During King Manasseh’s
reign the Ark was smuggled from the temple by way of the Well of Souls and taken to Egypt, ending up in Ethiopia.
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Present Location?Africa
• Some carvings on the Cathedral of Chartres refer to this.
• Theory was dramatized by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg in the story and screenplay for the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Present Location?
Ethiopian Orthodox Church• Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Axum, Ethiopia is
the only one in the world which still claims to possess the Ark of the Covenant.
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Present Location?
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
• According to stories, after King Solomon’s son had come to Jerusalem to visit his father, Solomon had given him a copy of the Ark, and commanded him to travel back to Ethiopia to settle there.
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Present Location?
Ethiopian Orthodox Church• These people did not want to live away from the
Ark, so they switched the copy with the original
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Present Location?
Ethiopian Orthodox Church• Was once paraded in town once each year• Now it is kept under constant guard in a "treasury"
near the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion;only the head priest of the church is allowed to view it.
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The Chapel of the Tablet at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion
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Present Location?
Valley of Kings, Egypt• Scientist claims that the hiding place of the ark to
be "a desolate valley under a hill - on its east side, forty stones deep” (from ancient Jewish text).
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Present Location?
Valley of Kings, Egypt• Some believe this refers to the Tomb of
Tutankhamun (east side of the Valley of Kings, about 40 stones deep).
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Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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Power of the Ark• The Ark was God's
throne; it was the visible sign of God's presence and protection on Earth
• God's presence did not dwell inside the box, but remained over the Ark, in between the two Cherubim
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• Tool by which high priests could communicate with God; “radio transmitter”
• God’s power channeled through the Ark… wipe out whole armies and destroy walls