Is the Ark of the covenant still a mystery?

Answer 1

the Ark of the Covenant was taken away by enemies after a battle its location is a mystery today.

Answer 2

No it's in The Chapel of the Tablet at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Axum, Ethiopia is the only one in the world which still claims to possess the Ark of the Covenant. According to the Kebra Nagast, after Menelik I had come to Jerusalem to visit his father, King Solomon, his father had given him a copy of the Ark, and had commanded the first-born sons of the elders of his kingdom to travel back to Ethiopia to settle there. However, these Israelites did not want to live away from the presence of the Ark, so they switched the copy with the original and smuggled the Ark out of the country; Menelik only learned that the original was with his group during the journey home. Solomon lost not only the Ark to his son by the Queen of Sheba but the divine favor that went with it. Although it was once paraded before the town once each year, the object is now kept under constant guard in a "treasury" near the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, and only the head priest of the church is allowed to view it.

Answer 3

The location of the original Ark of the Covenant is still unknown (at least to the general public). Some believe it is secreted away in a monastery in Ethiopia. Some believe it is hidden somewhere in the tunnels in the vicinity of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Wherever the earthly Ark is situated, one thing the Bible tells us , that the true Ark of the Covenant remains in Heaven.

"Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm."
Revelation 11:19

The real significance of the Ark of the Covenant is that it speaks of the meeting place of God and Man.

Answer 4

Watch "Exodus Decoded" by Simcha Jacobovich. Very well done piece and at the end he displays a 3-D image of the tabernacle and the Ark of the covenant. It is depicted on a piece of priestly jewelry from ancient times. We still don't know where it is, or if it still exists, but we do know what it looks like now.

Answer 5

And their Oracle said to them : 'The sign of his accession would be that there shall come to you the ark containing a segment of reassurance from your Lord and a remnant of that which the descendants of Moses and the descendants of Aaron left behind, carried by angels. Therein is a portent for you, if you are truly believers! (R)

(According to many Islamic scholars The Ark of the Covenant was a chest made of acacia wood and inlaid with gold, containing tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. It was said to possess miraculous powers because of which Moses kept it with him, especially during his armed conflicts. However, subsequently it was stolen by Goliath and carried away to his ow kingdom. That was why the Oracle declared it as a token of Saul's legitimacy so that the Children of Israel were convinced of his Divine credentials and accepted him as their undisputed king).

Answer 6

The Ark of the Covenant is the best known item in the Tabernacle, renowned for its mysterious powers against the enemies of Israel (I Samuel chapters 5 & 6).


The Ark of the Covenant resided in the Holy of Holies, the innermost room of the Tabernacle. Access was only permitted once per year, on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Access was restricted to one person only, the high priest. He had to come into the Holy of Holies with the blood of a goat, on behalf of his own and the people of Israel's sins.


The Ark itself was a small box made of acacia wood, overlaid with gold. It measured 1.15 metres long, 0.7 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. It was carried by two long bars, also made of acacia wood overlaid with gold.


The Ark was God's throne in His dwelling place in the Tabernacle. Most people associate the Ark of the Covenant with judgement and wrath, rightly so. The day is soon coming when God will judge the secrets of people's hearts (Romans 2:16) and "the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth" (Romans 1:18). "He who formed the eye, do you think He cannot see? or He who planted the ear, do you think He does not hear?" (Psalm 94:9) If you are still not sure, please read about the great white throne of God's judgement in Revelation 20:11-15. But, there was a cover on the Ark, known as the Mercy Seat, or Propitiation Cover. It was here that the blood of a goat was sprinkled by the high priest on the Day of Atonement, to appease God's righteous anger (propitiate) for the sins of the people of Israel.


Romans 3:24-25 tells us that there is redemption in Christ Jesus, because God has set Him forth as a propitiation, through faith in His blood. Christ has died. The price is paid. To those who believe in Jesus Christ's death for their sins, there is now mercy not wrath. "God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we are yet sinners, Christ died for us. Having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him" (Romans 5:8-9).


Attached to the Ark's covering lid were two Cherubim. God's presence did not dwell inside the box, but remained over the Ark, in between the two Cherubim. Here God dwelt "in unapproachable light" (I Timothy 6:16 Psalm 104:2). The high priest had to shield his eyes, because "no man shall see Me and live" (Exodus 33:20). This was where God met with Moses (Exodus 25:21-22 Leviticus 16:14-15). The glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle on the day it was reared up and anointed (Exodus 40:9,18,34-35), exactly fourteen days short of one year since the Exodus from Egypt (Exodus 40:2; 12:6,31). The two Cherubim on the Mercy Seat represented God's glory (Hebrews 9:5).



We are not told in great detail exactly what the Ark of the Covenant looked like. Some models, like this one, show the Cherubim kneeling. Other models show the Cherubim standing. What we do know is that the wings of the Cherubim were stretched out, to cover the Mercy Seat; the wings of the two Cherubim possibly touched one another to form a complete covering. The uncertainty should not unduly trouble us "for now we see dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I am known" (I Corinthians 13:12)

Answer 7

Mystery in what sense? Short answer NO.

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Of course. Is there ever going to be a time when it's not? Probably not.

Answer 10

No mystery... a metal lined box is most likely a radio frequency resonance chamber...