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The Ark of
the Covenant - The earthly
throne of the Almighty and
a container for the Ten
Commandments, the
stipulations of His
covenant with mankind,
which He wrote in
stone
with His own finger.
The
location of the Ark,
unknown for thousands of
years, has been the
subject of great
supposition, among Bible
students and
archaeologists alike. Is
it in a cave on Mt. Nebo?
- or perhaps concealed
beneath a church in
Ethiopia? While the
speculation continues,
there is one man who
claimed to have personally
seen the Ark of the
Covenant - Ron
Wyatt. Ron claimed to have
located the Ark in
Jerusalem, hidden away in
a cave system beneath the
Calvary escarpment, an
area referenced in the
Bible as as the place of a
skull, the crucifixion
site of Yeshua, Jesus of
Nazareth - The Christ, The
Messiah of Israel.
Not only
did Ron Wyatt claim to
have located the Ark, but
he also claimed that the
crucifixion took place
directly above the
location of the Ark - that
an earthquake at that time
opened a fissure between
the crucifixion site and
that of the Ark - and that
the blood of Messiah
flowed down through that
crack and on to the Mercy
Seat of the Ark of the
Covenant. The Bible states
that without the shedding
of blood there is no
remission. Ron claimed
that just as the blood of
sacrificial animals, the
blood of Jesus, the lamb
that was slain, literally
fulfilled the covenant
requirement for atonement.
Ron
believed that the Garden
Tomb was the actual
sepulchre that Jesus
occupied for only three
days and three nights.
That tomb is, as
the Bible states, only a
short distance from the
place of a skull and the
site Ron determined to be
that of the crucifixion; -
therefore his
investigations and
excavations were centered
in and around the area of
the Garden
Tomb.
In 1989
those excavations were
closed and since that time
there has been a great
deal of speculation and
controversy surrounding
his findings - controversy
that has caused a great
deal of anguish for the
Garden Tomb Association -
for Ron was not able to
validate his claims - he
passed away in 1999,
leaving no conclusive
evidence.
Since
that time, we at Wyatt
Archaeological Research
have been making every
effort to substantiate his
claims - to provide a
second witness that would
transform supposition into
established fact. In 2002,
after having received
permission from the Garden
Tomb Association and the
Israel Antiquities
Authority, our endeavor
began in earnest. The DVD presentations
are summaries of a tremendous
amount of work that has
been done over the past
four years - the most
labor intensive and
expensive projects ever
undertaken by Wyatt
Archaeological Research.
They are dedicated to our
Savior and to the scores
of volunteer workers and
contributors without whom
it would have been
impossible to accomplish
this monumental task.
Scripture
advises us to Prove all
things and to hold fast
that which is good. The
new DVD presentations are based on that premise.
That is the commitment of Wyatt
Archaeological Research.
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