What
happened to the Ark of the Covenant? Is the ark mentioned in Revelation
11:19 the Ark of the Covenant that Moses made?
It
is not likely that the original Ark of the Covenant ever survived the
Babylonian destruction. The Ark is not mentioned as having gone into captivity.
If we keep in mind that the Ark of the Covenant was basically a piece
of wood overlaid with gold, Nebuchadnezzar would have only been interested
in the gold. When the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity 70 years
later, there was no Ark to put in the Temple they rebuilt. However, the
Temple functioned just fine for six centuries without it. If the Jewish
people could not find the Ark after 70 years, they are not likely to find
it after 2,500 years.
The
Ark of the Covenant in Revelation 11:19 is not the one that Moses made.
We should keep in mind that what Moses made was a copy of the Ark that
is already in Heaven. Besides, anything manmade cannot be translated to
Heaven. The Ark in Revelation 11:19 is the heavenly one, the original
from which Moses made a copy. |