SHILOH
TABERNACLE - 19.48
PROPHETIC
PATHS TO THE 3RD TEMPLE
The
Unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant
by Luis
B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
www.PostScripts.org for
online PDF illustrations in Chart section
‘So
David went to bring up the Ark of YHVH from the house of
Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. When
those who were carrying the Ark of YHVH had taken 6
steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. Wearing
a linen ephod, David was dancing before YHVH with all
his might, while he and all Israel were bringing up the
Ark of YHVH with shouts and the sound of trumpets.’
–2 Samuel 6: 12-16
The purpose of this study is to consider the distance in
miles from the ancient site where the Tabernacle of
Moses was in Shiloh to its final resting place of
Jerusalem. From the exact spot in Shiloh believed to be
where the Holy of Holies placement for the Ark
of the Covenant to the exact place that many believe
was and will be the corresponding place of the Holy of
Holies on the Temple Mount, which would be the Dome
of the Tablets is exactly 19.48 miles. This echoes
the year Israel was ‘birthed’ in 1948 and linked perhaps
prophetically then to the 70th year that signifies a
generation.
There appears to be a correspondence that resonates with
several key prophetic events persons and numbers that
allude to the time and perhaps eventual need for the
building of the 3rd Temple. Why? The Ark was in Shiloh,
just about one and a half hours north of Jerusalem in the
hill country of Samaria. This is where Joshua was
instructed to house the Tabernacle of Moses and
the Ark of the Covenant. In essence, Shiloh was
the 1st ‘Spiritual Capital’ of Israel. There
was no Jerusalem to speak of other than it was an occupied
insignificant Jebusite stronghold. The only glimpse that
the Bible gives is that a very famous personage ruled
there as a King and Priest. This man was named Melchizedek,
the King of Righteousness and of Salem. He is the one that
meets-up with Abraham along the way to fight the 5 Kings
that plundered his estate, etc. It was also a
foreshadowing of the true King of Peace and Righteousness,
Jesus Christ to come.
Even
though the Presence of YHVH was at Shiloh, all the
tribes of Israel only came to pay a visit during the Feast
Days, especially Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The site
was mainly inhabited by the tribe of Levi that
commissioned all the Priests that where to attend to the Daily
Sacrifices, etc. The Tabernacle of Moses and
that of the Ark of the Covenant situated in this
place of Shiloh experienced one of Israel’s most colorful
chapters of its Covenant relationship with YHVH. According
to the Bible, such time of the Judges, along with
personages such as the High Priest, Eli and his sons were
main topics of study. So was the constant conflict with
the Philistines as it is even to this day with the
Palestinians. There was the prophet Samuel that was the
result of a praying mother desperate to conceive a son.
YHVH heard her plea and granted her request. This son was
Samuel whom she dedicated to the services of the Temple.
Later on, Samuel was used of YHVH to anoint the 1st
King of Israel
A
Convergence of Years: 1948-2018
Eventually
the Prophet Samuel anointed YHVH’s King, David who was one
‘after GOD’s own heart’, etc. The Prophet Samuel was also
instrumental in defeating the onslaught and constant
nagging of the Philistines against Israel. He was a
‘Warrior Priest’ as he personally put many to the sword
and rightly so. This same timeframe of Israel’s history
though was one of spiritual immaturity and
half-commitments mixed with idolatry and constant attacks
from her enemies. It was at Shiloh that the Ark of the
Covenant was taken to the battlefield per the
requests of King Saul. He thought that like in the days of
Moses, the army of Israel would be victorious because of
it. The Ark of the Covenant was captured by the
Philistines and King Saul committed suicide on Mount
Gilboa. It was not until King David that transported the
Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem that
it ended just over 300 years being at Shiloh.
Although it entered in the heart of David to build a
permanent ‘House’ for YHVH in Jerusalem for the Ark, YHVH
forbid it due to David being a man of war. Herein is a
fantastic clue of when and how the 3rd Temple is to be
built. It has to follow the same protocols, prophetically.
In this case, it had and has to be built by a ‘Royal
Prince, a ‘Man of Peace’ to come like that of David’s son,
Solomon who built the Temple. The mere name of Solomon is
a derivative of Shalom or ‘peace’, etc. Thus,
whomever is to come on the scene in modern Israel that
promises ‘Peace and Security’ will also be that one to
build the 3rd Temple perhaps. There is also some amazing
correlations with the whole episode of the Ark at Shiloh,
where the Tabernacle was and then late on in a Temple,
that correlates the numbers, 70 and 1948 in particular,
etc. It was King David that brought-out the Ark of the
Covenant and paraded it before the people of Israel.
Will it be no different in the End of Days when
the true Ark of the Covenant is to be unveiled and
presented to the people of Israel by a coming ‘Prince’ of
Israel? It is speculated that the Ark of the Covenant
was hid just before the Babylonians came and sacked the
city and the Temple searching for treasures to take back
to Babylon. This act would later repeat itself in the
Romans taking what remained back to Rome. In fact, there
are some talk that eyewitnesses associated with the
Vatican Library are said to know that, for example the
original Menorah is being housed in the many underground
vaults of the Vatican, etc. However, there are no clues or
evidence that the Ark of the Covenant was taken to
neither Babylon nor Rome. It is believed that this
particular piece has been safe-kept under the caves of
Jeremiah’s Grotto adjacent Mt. Calvary.
In fact, some prominent Rabbis of Israel give witness that
they too have known where the Ark is at also. The late Ron
Wyatt testifies that he found it and other Temple
furnishings at that very place. In fact, he goes on to say
that the Ark of the Covenant played a key role in
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is stipulated by
Wyatt’s’ assertions that during the crucifixion, the blood
of Jesus dripped down through the crack in the rock upon
which the cross bean was fastened. This crevice was caused
by a strong earthquake that was recorded to have happened
at that time. The blood of Jesus thus ran down the crevice
and unto the Mercy Seat. This mimicked the
sprinkling of the Passover Lamb’s blood what was to have
been applied to the Mercy Seat behind the Holy of
Holies, at that precise time on the Temple Mount,
etc.
A
Coming Prophetic Rendezvous
One
wonders if after the Rapture of the Bride of Christ
and the closure of the Age of Grace that being
the Church Age, will the Ark of the Covenant
be revealed. If the Ark of the Covenant that is a
facsimile of the real one in Heaven is to surface shortly
after the 70th year timeframe of Israel’s
rebirth, then there will be a religious demand to have it
housed; thus 1 major reason for the need to build the 3rd
Temple. It could be the case that from 2018 onward, the
year 1948 being resonated by the 19.48 miles from where
the Ark of the Covenant once was stationed at
might be signaling that the Ark is soon to be unveiled,
presented and stationed one again. Will it be soon after
the 70th year of 2018 since 1948 and that of
David’s death that is also attributed to whom the Ark was
transported exactly 19.48 miles to be, paraded and
stationed by King David?
Such
a spectacle will be the dreams of Archeologists and the
Theologians alike and what a sight it will be to behold.
The whole Shiloh chapter of the Ark of the Covenant
is thus connected to a King and a Prophet. Is it any
wonder why in Israel’s last prophetic chapter of Daniel
there will also be a King and Prophet? In this sad case
for Israel, it will be the AntiChrist and the False
Prophet. Nonetheless, it does appear that prophetically
there is a coming convergence of a precise place, a
precise year and even distance, topographically. As noted,
it is only when one uses the specific coordinates of the Dome
of the Tablets that the resulting number is 19.48
miles precisely. No other spot on the Temple Mount
has such a similar result, which is amazing. This study
suggests thus, that the Dome of the Tablets is
where the true Holy of Holies was and will be.
The false theory that the Temple was in the City of
David is unfounded and has caused more confusion
than there already is. Also, based on other studies of the
possible true location of the Holy of Holies the
same exact location is corroborated by astronomical
constellation correlations. To reiterate, the observation
about the 19.48 mile coefficient could have to do with the
year of 1948 prophetically for Israel, and the unveiling
of the Ark of the Covenant and therefore, the need
to build the 3rd Temple to house it. It would appear that
as YHVH is the GOD of mathematics and numbers, certain
numbers are perhaps even being used here to hint at and
fulfill prophecy, so it seems. As noted in many other
studies, if one takes the year the 2nd Temple was
destroyed by the Prince of Rome, Titus in 70 AD and one
adds the 1948 coefficient in years, then the resulting
figure is 2018.
Moreover, 2018 then coincidentally happens to be the 70th
year anniversary of Israel returning to the Promised
Land. What is the possible prophetic linkage with
Shiloh, the Ark and a Father-Son relationship? Well, a man
named ‘David’ Ben Gurion declared Israel a nation on May
14, 1948 as the ‘Founding Father’ such as King David was a
father to Solomon. It is rather interesting that the new
nation birthed had its 1st leader as a ‘David’. As noted,
it is King David that brought the Tabernacle and Ark to Mount
Moriah in Jerusalem. King David died at the age of
70 after reigning for 40 years. He commissions
Solomon to build the Temple to YHVH and house the Ark
of the Covenant. As it pertains to 1948, the year
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of such a ‘birthing’. Will
a coming ’King Solomon’ and a Prophet type very soon thus
come on the scene to build the 3rd Temple to house the Ark
of the Covenant as it was in Shiloh? Time will
tell.
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Main Sources
BibleStudy.com
GoogleEarth.com
TimeAndDate.com
Wikipedia.com
