THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

When did the Ark of the Covenant disappear? This article proposes that, based on scripture, the Ark is not present in the Final Temple after Messiah comes.

Possible locations of the Ark.

The Ark of the Covenant last seen in scripture:

The last mention of the Ark in the Hebrew Bible is in the Book of Kings, written around 600 - 575 BC, although there were doubtless earlier source documents that are no longer known. It specifies that there was nothing in the Ark except the tablets. The Ark itself vanished during the Babylonian Conquest, around 587 BC. So the writers of the Book of Kings overlapped with the time when the Ark was in the (First) Temple. There is no mention of an Ark in the Second Temple, and it is generally agreed that there wasn't one.

- posted by Valeria, Special Correspondent to STORMBRINGER on Bible Prophecy and Temple issues.

WHAT IF . . . ?

The following is Part 2 of an ongoing series of posts by Valeria, warrior-woman and TEAM STORMBRINGER spiritual advisor.

The rise of fundamentalist Islam and Jihad-inspired terrorist activities have stirred fear in the hearts of many. To be sure, it is real and prevalent, but grass root stories, little snippets here and there in the news, are proposing something that many find astonishing.

The word is that in spite of harsh persecution, little evangelism or access to Bibles and information, Muslims are converting to Christianity. Amazingly, it is often that these conversions are due to dreams, visions and healings. Because of Scripture and Koranic accounts of God reaching out to people in dreams and visions, many Muslims view dreams and visions as credible links between the seen and unseen world.

It’s hard to find statistical evidence. Because most of this is taking place in countries where the penalty for conversion is death, people are converting and worshiping in secret. Besides personal testimonies published on the internet (on websites and YouTube) or books written once converts have left their country, reports are coming from Muslim clerics and Imams, people who are a part of the infrastructure of Islam.

In 1993 Saudi Sheikh Salman Al-Odeh said Muslims were converting to Christianity in Africa in great numbers. In December of 2001 Saudi cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al Qataani stated in a live interview on Aljazeera satellite television that Muslims were converting to Christianity at the rate of 667 per hour or 16,000 per day. In April 2004, Iranian Shi’ite cleric Hasan Mohmaadi said there are 50 young boys and girls converting to Christianity every hour.

Among the countries where this is happening are Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan.

Interesting times indeed.

“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” - Joel 2:28-29 (NKJV)