(12-26-2020, 09:25 AM)F2d5thCav Wrote: I find odd the tying of the two (Ark and Calvary) together. The mention of the Ark far predates the life of Jesus.
Some think the Ark is in an ancient church in Ethiopia. There -is- an old church there that is guarded and the treasury of which only a very select few are allowed to enter, from what I've heard and read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_...ry_of_Zion
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The way I heard it, there was only one who was allowed to enter - the patriarch of that church. Furthermore, once he is named and installed there, he can never leave the site, either, until he dies and a new one is named and installed.
I've heard many tales of the Ark. the Ethiopian one, this one, and another that claims the Ark was hidden in tunnels under the Temple Mount, and discovered by the Templars during their tenure there.
I don't know which to believe, so consequently I don't really believe any of them. I think the Ark is gone forever. It's really only important to Jews anyhow, so I can't fault them for sealing a place they thought it might be. Further, if they think the blood of Jesus might have damaged it, or that such a story might get out, then they would be doubly incentivized to hide it away, because that would strengthen the Christian narrative (since Jesus was sent to end that covenant and institute a new one according to Christians) and weaken the Jewish story that The Christ hasn't shown up.
I don't think the Ark will ever be found, and I also don't think it's important to find it to anyone but the Jews. I chalk this story up to the same mania that thinks Jesus' family tomb and ossuary were found in Jerusalem.
ETA: If the tunnels were really that small and tight, how did they get something as big as the Ark in there to begin with? And if they had to break through the rock of the cliff face to get to the cavern, how did the Jews of the 6th century BC get it in there without breaking the rocks and leaving a hole sealed up with dirt and other rocks?
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