What is the Ark of the Covenant, and where is it today?

The legend of a sacred religious artifact dating back to Moses’ time has captured the attention of people worldwide for thousands of years, including Hollywood and scholars who have studied the stories surrounding the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark of the Covenant gained worldwide fame due to its role in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” However, its origins date back several thousand years to the Old Testament, where it is described that ancient Israelites carried the Ark into battle and used its great power to decimate entire cities.

The Ark of the Covenant, as described in the Bible, is a box made from acacia wood and covered in gold. It measures approximately 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet high. It was carried using wooden poles that were connected to golden rings on its sides.

The Ark of the Covenant was a sacred chest built by the Israelites according to the exact specifications given by God. The contents of the Ark included the tablets with the Ten Commandments that the Lord gave to Moses, a jar of manna as a reminder of the bread provided by the Lord in the wilderness after the Israelites fled Egypt and Aaron’s rod.

On the surface of the Ark, two angels faced each other with their wings extended, creating a seat for God. The Ark was a significant foreshadowing of Jesus Christ as the only place of atonement for sins. The Ark’s power was so great that it had to be completely covered with a veil when transported and never touched by any human.

The Ark is in the Old Testament, particularly in the first five books of the Bible. It was securely housed in a sacred chamber beneath the Temple of Jerusalem. Following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE, the Ark mysteriously vanished. Many believe it was smuggled out of the city to a safe location before Nebuchadnezzar’s forces could steal it.

To this day, its whereabouts remain a mystery. One theory is that the Ark was taken to Egypt after being captured by a pharaoh who invaded Jerusalem. Others believe divine intervention allowed the Israelites to escape with the Ark intact. Other theories are the Ark was taken by the Babylonians.

Another theory is that the Ark’s current whereabouts are in Ethiopia, and an Ethiopian prince took the sacred container back to his homeland. Each year, the festival of St Mary of Zion takes place in the city of Aksum, otherwise known as the City of the Covenant.

According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, the Ark of the Covenant was brought to their land shortly after Jerusalem was sacked in the 6th century BCE. To this day, it is said to be stored under Our Lady Mary of Zion’s Church, and it is off-limits to everyone.

Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

Exodus 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

Exodus 37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.

Exodus 37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Exodus 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

Exodus 37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Exodus 37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

Exodus 37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Exodus 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Hebrews 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

Hebrews 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Hebrews 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Hebrews 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Revelations 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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