Israel Wants Ark Back?

(Conspiracy Nation, 7/5/04) -- Bill Clinton once promised a "New Covenant with the American people." By "covenant" in other words is meant "contract." In ancient times, "God" made a contract with the Habiru (Hebrew) people. The deal was duly signed by "God," notarized by Moses, and archived in a specially built "Ark."

The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is a murky document. Many people tend to see whatever they wish to see when they read it. On the other hand, the Bible's historical value is priceless: it gives a rare glimpse into the ancient past. Historically, the Ten Commandments, a.k.a. The Covenant, are the foundation of law.

According to the glimpses we get of the ancient past in the Old Testament, the Habiru became invincible after the Ark of the Covenant became theirs. The Ark was the pride and glory of the Jewish people. But a careful reading of the Old Testament yields a surprise: the Ark suddenly disappears! Not only does it disappear in the physical sense: it suddenly disappears from even being mentioned! Where did it go?

A fascinating book by Graham Hancock seems to solve the mystery of the disappearing Ark of the Covenant. Hancock is no crackpot channeling voices of the reptilians for the cult of Tutankhamen. A former East Africa correspondent for The Economist, he became interested in Ethiopian insistence that the Ark resided there, in Ethiopia. In his book, The Sign and the Seal, Hancock painstakingly traces what may have happened to the Ark of the Covenant. His evidence is convincing and well-argued.

The Jewish monarch Manasseh (687 - 642 BC) rejected the ancient faith and erected altars to Baal. He profaned the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum of the Jerusalem Temple, by placing a brazen image of the pagan god Asherah therein. The Levites, guardians of the Ark, removed it from the Temple in order to halt the blasphemy and to safeguard the relic. Concerned for the Ark's preservation, its guardians transported it to Egypt, then up the Nile River to Aswan. There it remained for several hundreds of years.

Later troubles in Egypt caused the Ark's guardians to remove it further up the Nile into what is now Ethiopia. There it has remained hidden to this day, argues Hancock.

Restoration Of The Temple

King Solomon's Temple which housed the Ark of the Covenant was destroyed, then rebuilt. This second Temple was itself destroyed circa 70 A.D. A third Temple has yet to be built. Why should it be? Without the Ark to house, what would be the purpose for a new Temple?

But were Israel to regain possession of the Ark of the Covenant, she would be invincible (according to belief), as she was in days of old. And a third Temple would need to be constructed.

A process of return of the Falashas, an incongruous tribe of Ethiopian Jews, to Israel, has been underway for some time now. That process of the repatriation of the Falashas to Israel has recently accelerated.

According to a posting by "Rosalinda" (pseudonym), at Rumor Mill News (www.rumormillnews.com, "Eritrea and Ethiopia and Israel"), the nation of Eritrea, bordering Ethiopia, has noticably improved her diplomatic relations with Israel of late. This is confirmed by other sources.

As a border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia intensifies, there are rumors floating about that Israel, through her intelligence arm, the Mossad, is supporting Eritrea, in part by providing weapons.

In the midst of this muddle, United Nation's chief Kofi Annan is inserting himself and his globalist agenda into the mix.

How badly must Israel desire the return of the Ark of the Covenant and the restoration of the Temple? Does Israel want her Ark badly enough to bargain with the Falashas for their support and to ally herself with Eritrea to hide a covert operation, masked by an horrendous border war? Does this presumed covert operation have as its goal the return of the pride and glory of the Habiru, the Ark of the Covenant?

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