Circumstances
and Consequences
Seminar 216-03
June 3-6, 2009
Seminar Topic:
The Two Witnesses
– Part III
Larry Wilson
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The Ten Commandments
are the one Witness that can be seen.
It is the Witness that
defines what love is and is not.
The Ten Commandments
are the two laws of the universe,
written on two stone tablets for
fallen man.
A few words about the
Ark of the Covenant that contains the
Ten Commandments…
Some people believe
the Ark of the Covenant is still on
Earth and either has been found or
will be found.
This is not possible.
History indicates that
Jeremiah hid the Ark as
Nebuchadnezzar approached Jerusalem
to do battle. As you know, there are
many claims and counter claims on the
whereabouts of the Ark today.
To date, no one has
produced the Ark or even shown
pictures or any evidence of it.
The absence of
evidence places any claim of
discovery in a category with the
natural healing properties of
“snake oil.”
God took the Ark to
Heaven during the Babylonian
Captivity so that He could show it to
the people of Earth at the close of
the 7th trumpet.
(Revelation 11:19)
Here are eight
reasons:
1. During
the Great Tribulation, travel and
communication for ordinary people
will be nonexistent at worst and
impossible at best.
What would be the
value of finding the ark in or near
Jerusalem if only a few thousand
people in the Middle East will hear
about it and only a few thousand get
to see it? Other than local interest,
what is the global impact during the
Great tribulation? Zero.
2. If,
prior to the Great tribulation,
suppose the Ark of the Covenant is
found and put on display in a museum
in Jerusalem, it would be regarded as
a historical relic.
As a relic of the
past, the Ark of the Covenant would
not “prove” anything to
anyone.
If the Ark of the
Covenant is merely regarded as an
ancient treasure, what is the global
impact? Zero.
3. If the
Ark of the Covenant is found prior to
the Great tribulation, the Jews would
immediately lay claim to the Ark and
they would tale possession of it and
hide it in a secret place.
Well, the net effect
would be the same as right now ---
the Ark would remain hidden from view
and worse, the religious property of
the Jews.
I say
“worse” because most
Christians think the Ten Commandments
are Jewish laws anyway.
So what would be the
impact on the world? Zero.
4. If the
Ark of the Covenant was found prior
to the Great Tribulation and no one
was killed after touching it (as was
Uzzah), this would prove that
God’s power did not rest upon
the Ark.
This would prove that
indeed the Ark is a relic. This would
give many Christians the proof they
need that the Ten Commandments are
null and void, because these Jewish
laws were nailed to the cross.
Again, what would be
the global impact of this scenario?
Zero.
5. The
only people permitted to handle the
Ark were the offspring of Aaron.
Even an ordinary
Levite could not touch the Ark. So,
if the Ark were found on Earth prior
to the Great tribulation, who would
move it or handle it if God’s
power still rests upon it?
If God’s power
does not rest upon the law that He
wrote with His own finger, it’s
just a couple of interesting stone
tablets and we’re back to the
issue of the relic worship.
6. If God
took the Ark to Heaven because He
plans to show it to the whole world
at an appointed time, this is easily
possible. If He took Enoch and Elijah
to Heaven, surely He can get a small
box to Heaven.
We know from
Revelation’s context that when
the Ark is unveiled and shown to the
world FROM HEAVEN, the Ark will not
be regarded as a relic by any
scoffer.
It will be a
divine display from the Lawmaker
Himself – condemning all that
refused to submit to the terms and
conditions of His covenant of love.
A brilliant ark with
two stone tablets blazing in the sky
will be an eerie and awesome sight
for the universe and billions of
people to gaze upon.
A display of the Ark
will confirm the faith of the
obedient, and it will condemn the
wicked that will shiver with guilt.
God’s covenant
with mankind it Trust and Obey for
there is no other way. Conversely,
God’s covenant also says Defy
and die, for there is no other way to
live happily ever after.
Showing the Ark to
everyone on Earth will be an awesome
event. What will be the global
impact? Huge!
A museum piece hidden
under a blanket thousands of miles
away from billions of people
can’t do this.
7. Jesus
delivered the Ten Commandments with
such power and majesty that the Jews
were scared to death.
A Mt. Sinai experience
is coming again. The same thing will
happen again except it will be a
global experience.
8. By the
way, the two tablets of stone placed
in the Ark of the Covenant were
written by Jesus Himself.
This makes the Ten
Commandments in the Ark originals.
Not copies.
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