THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WILL NOT BE FOUND

Many believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant may be found in the future based on investigations by Ron Wyatt in his search for the Ark of the Covenant. The WORD is purposely silent on what happened to the Ark. The WORD does however, say that in the days to come the Ark will not be visited or remembered.

¶ Go and proclaim these words toward the north wind and say, Return, thou rebellious Israel, said the LORD and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you; for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast rebelled against the LORD thy God and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not heard my voice, said the LORD.

 Turn, O rebellious sons, said the LORD; for I am your Lord, and I will take you one of a city and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: and I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

 And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land; in those days, said the LORD, they shall no longer say, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the Gentiles shall congregate unto it in the name of the LORD in Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the hardness of their evil heart.

 In those times they shall go out from the house of Judah unto the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north wind to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit. But I said, How shall I place thee as sons and give thee the desirable land, the heritage that the hosts of Gentiles desire? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father, and shalt not turn away from following me. Jeremiah 3.13-17

Commentary from the Jewish Study Bible:

The Ark of the Covenant, constructed in the wilderness at the time of the Exodus to hold the tablets of the covenant (Exodus 25.10-22; 37.1-9; Deut. 10.1-5; Num. 10.35-36), symbolized divine presence in Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 81-13; 2 Chron. 5.1-14). When the Temple was destroyed, no mention of the ark was made of the fate of the ark (2 Kings 25; Jeremiah 52), suggesting that it had disappeared earlier.

According to Macc. 2.1-8, Jeremiah hid the ark in a cave on Mt. Nebo/Pisgah in Moab, where Moses was buried (Deut. 32.49-52; 34.1-8). Rabbinic tradition maintains that Josiah hid the ark so that it would not be taken to Babylon. The ark that houses the Torah scrolls in synagogues symbolizes the ancient Ark of the Covenant.

The reunification of Israel and Judah was a major goal of Josiah’s program of religious reform and national restoration. The return of all 12 Tribes of Israel to the restored Jerusalem Temple is the foundation of Jewish thought concerning the days of the Messiah and the world to come (Olam Ha-Ba, Ezekiel chapters 40-48). The ingathering of all the exiles is likewise an important motif in modern Zionism.

OLAM HA-BA (Heb. עוֹלָם הַבָּא). The term olam ha-ba (literally, "the coming world" a synonym frequently used in place of "the world to come" is atid lavo ("What is to come" or "the future") as in Tosefta Arakhin 2:7. Often also "the days of the Messiah" being the period referred to by the phrase olam ha-ba or its equivalent atid lavo, between which and the present order of things comes the age of the Messiah (cf. Zev. 118b; Tosef. Ar. 2:7; also Ar. 13b), is the final order of things beginning with the general resurrection and the last judgment. Jewish Virtual Library

In the “Coming world” or Millennial Kingdom there will be no need for the Ark. Messiah will be present in His Temple. If an ark was discovered what would the world do? Based on the above scriptures and countless others in the WORD the nations would most likely turn it into a religious relic and worship it! Jeremiah says it won’t even be remembered!

A very good reason why the Ark most likely does not exist today.