2 Chronicles 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

No specific mention is made as to the Ark of the Covenant. Vessels great and small wound include the Ark of the Covenant but the fame and glory of the Ark of the Covenant was so widespread I would expect it to be separated from other vessels and treasures to give fame and glory to its captor. But not so anywhere in scriptures. The scriptures tell us nothing of the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant.

Reading different sources on the disappearance and whereabouts of the Ark leads to many versions. Some of those versions are so fanciful that movie scripts have been quoted as source information.

John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

It would seem that Jesus could come and go without using doors, appearing and disappearing at will. There is no explanation of how or why He did this, He just did. I have to wonder, and since my fantasies are just as valid as Hollywood’s, is it not possible God could do the same with the Ark? I do have scripture that says all things are possible with God, so, there you go.

But where is the mercy seat upon which the blood was shed for the remission of sins?

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

Can you see it?

Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Apostasy is one of those ugly words we do not like to talk about, unless you are a Pharisee Christian and then you gleefully use it to keep the troops in line. In fact these very verses have been used against me by those mind control individuals. But since we are free in Christ, let us not allow the spirit of bondage to creep into this discussion.

If you focus on words like impossible and renew you will miss the main issue at hand. Just as a magician uses distraction to draw your eye away from “the trick”, focusing on these two points distracts you from the real issue.

Have you been touched by the powers to come? You very well may have tasted the good word for all who have confessed Christ have done so. But the power, that is another issue all together. Not all have tasted of the power. I would say few do. So if you have never tasted the power, none of this applies to you. Never allow anyone to use these verses against you if you have not partaken of the power to come.

Now to deal with the few who have touched the power line. Apostasy is open rebellion. If and only if you are in open rebellion are you cut off from the power. Why? Because you have lost the trust of the Lord. Now let us deal with the impossible renewal since the issue here is trust. Since salvation thru repentance is a single issue event where you moved from the realm of the enemy into the glorious light. There is no going back. Rebellion is not going back to the enemy camp, it is a failure to follow orders.

The end result is with loss of trust is that no orders will be given to you to move in power. That says absolutely nothing about your eternal salvation. You will never be trusted with the power again. Is it worth it?

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Believe not equals failure to follow orders, but you still belong to Him.