The architectural design of the Ark was
passed directly to Moses on Mt. Sinai by Yahweh, God of the
Hebrews. Moses then appointed the craftsman named Bezaleel the son of
Uri, and nephew of Moses, to carry out the ark's construction. Using the
gold, silver, brass, acacia wood, and precious stones provided by the
Israelites as a token peace offering to their God Yahweh. (Exodus 35
29-35)
The dimensions of the Ark are stated in
Exodus as being two and a half cubits in length, one cubit and a half in
breadth and one cubit and a half for the height. Made of acacia wood,
overlaid with gold within and without, and containing the sacred tablets
of the Law delivered to Moses upon Mount Sinai. The lid of the Ark (two
and a half by one and a half cubits) was made of solid gold upon which
were two gold Cherubim facing each other, with wings arched above,
integrally beaten from the same piece of gold that formed the 2.8 ton
solid gold lid. It was upon this mercy seat and between the Cherubim that
Yahweh appeared in the form of the Shekinah, a bright iridescent
light.
The Cherubim are often mentioned in the
Scriptures and innumerable disputes have arisen in regards of their actual
derivation. Cherubs or the plural Cherubims appear in a
number of biblical texts (See Ezekiel 28:14). Alternatively, they are
mentioned as the vehicle of God's presence. "And He rides the Cherub and
flies off" (Psalms 18:11, see also Ezek. 9:3 and Ps. 80:2) Further numerous Biblical texts also refer to God as "the One
who dwells on [or rides] the Cherubim Then in the holy book
of the Talmud the cherubim are equated with the order of wheels.
By virtue of these facts and in all probability the word 'cherubim' is
an identity used by the Israelites in Biblical times to describe a divine
levitating or flying vehicle, not possessing any visible sign of support.
A further example of the ancients visualization of their known universe
can be seen in the image of the ancient Egyptian winged sun disk.
The ancient Egyptians used this pictorial ideogram to describe how the
sun acrossed the sky, by flying exactly in the manner of a bird, but in
their reality using divine wings. Similarly the biblical narrative
explains the amazing levitating powers of the Ark using the analogy of two
gold inanimate winged Cherubim, endowed with the divine power of G-d. According to the renowned Jewish historian Flavius Josephus,
writing during the 1st century AD. He stated that no one knew in his day
what a Cherub looked like. "He also dedicated for the most
secret place, whose breadth was twenty cubits, and length the same, two
cherubims of solid gold...but nobody can tell, or even conjecture, what
was the shape of these cherubims."
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews Book VIII
Chapter3:3
A modern academic derivation of the word cherubim by Bibleorigins
states:-
'Not generally known to the public at large is that
Cherubim have been determined not to be angels with human forms and wings.
Nor is the public aware of the pre-biblical origins of Cherubim. The
representations of cherubim as young children with halos and wings arose
in Renaissance Europe, and are based on still earlier representations
found in Roman art forms.'
Therefore, from the latter
evidence and in conclusion, the word cheribum as understood by the ancient
Israelites described a levitating vehicle without wheels or physical signs
of support.
From the evidence of the ark weighing
four tons, stated in (See Ark of the Covenant), and from the comprehensive
evidence of the Bible, Torah, Talmud and Legends of the Jews, it is now
possible to build a physical model of how the original Ark looked, see
Fig.1.
From Fig 1. it can be seen that the
two angels (Cherubim) have now been replaced with two hollow gold
winged shrouds, which conceal the main levitating power source of
the ark. The gold shrouds also had a secondary purpose, this was by
shielding the four Levites steering the ark from any electrical
discharges emitted from between the two gold shrouds. (Note: Moses ordered the staves or
poles always to remain in the rings of the ark(Exodus 25:15).
Because to touch the sides of the ark would cause instant death(2
Samuel 6:7) - and for those reasons the poles were left in the gold
rings.) To levitate the ark's 4 ton
bulk at a height of four feet (shoulder height) would have taken an
awesome 49.8 kilowatts or 66.79 horsepower a second, or equivalent
to the potential energy within a 10 ton lead acid battery every
second.
Fig.
1
In total the ark required an incredible
amount of energy to levitate, far in excess of any ordinary battery or
static electricity source could ever supply. The question is, from what
form of perpetual power source did the activating energy come from? Today
we have the machines to generate sufficient electrical and mechanical
energy to equal the power output of the ark, but unfortunately we do not
possess the levitation technology, unless of course we could locate the
original ark.
Further evidence of the Ark of
the Covenant power source. As the Israelites travelled
through the wilderness we are told by the bible that the ark was always at
the front of the column, and could be seen as a cloud during the day and a
bright light at night. Interestingly, the Legends of the Jews throws light
on the reason why the cloud is above the ark. :-
'Two sparks issued from the Cherubim
that shaded the Ark, and these killed all the serpents and scorpions that
crossed the path of the Israelites, and furthermore burned all thorns that
threatened to injure the wanderers on their march through the desert. The
smoke rising from these scorched thorns, moreover, rose straight as a
column, and shed a fragrance that perfumed all the world, so that the
nations exclaimed: "Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like
pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders
of the merchant?"' (330)
The Legends of the Jews by Louis
Ginzberg. Vol III
According to modern science these two
electrical sparks will in turn produce a corona discharge, which would
rapidily ionise the surrounding air creating an upward corona wind. From
modern experiments this corona wind has been seen to create a straight
upward pillar of moving air, and when the smoke is added from the burning
thorns an upward pillar of smoke would be seen for some distance around.
The reason for the perfumed fragrance was the ionised air,
generated from the sparks of the electrical discharge. Modern room
ionisers also use this effect to lightly fragrance the air, and because of
their lower voltage, it would not be as powerful as the ark's generated
aroma.
Radiation burns (emerods) and
fatalities caused by the Ark And he smote the men of
Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord - because
the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. (I Samuel
6, 19)
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of
the city went up to heaven. (I Samuel 5, 12)
It has long been a mystery what was
within the ark to cause this type of devastation to those who peeked in.
But as it has already been revealed the ark's total weight was 4 tons and
the calculated weight of the ark's gold lid being 2.8 tons, which
obviously would not be an easy object to remove or manually lift.
Consequently, the deaths and affliction of emerods were not from seeing
inside the ark but from looking between and into the two gold shrouds that
housed the levitation power source on top of the ark (See Fig 1). In
modern terms these afflications and deaths were caused by radiation burns
(emerods) and excessive radiation exposure. Both being dependant on how
near, or how long you looked into the gold shrouded power source.The four
Levites supporting the poles and steering the ark escaped most radiation
hazards because they were protected by the placement and angle of the
winged gold shrouds(See Fig 1).
(Note: Gold is as efficient as lead when shielding
radiation)
From the overwhelming ancient evidence, there is an extremely high possibility that the Ark exists today. And by using today’s technology, it should be possible using satellite Earth mapping techniques, to look for gravity and electromagnetic anomalies given off by its presence. By using this technique will most probably find the Ark’s energy signature, if hidden above or below ground. For example, should the Ark of the Covenant be in St. Mary's Church, Axum, in Ethiopia, it is now possible to confirm this without physically going there. In addition, by using high resolution satellite gravity and magnetic mapping, confirmation of any Ark discovery theory can also be easily accomplished without digging or physically going to that location.
