I will be surprised if the Ethiopian church officials unveils anything except, perhaps, more false promises and execuses. The way I see it, as long as the church keeps the mystique of the Ark aflame it has something that attracts attention and can be used to raise funds. If they show the supposed "Ark" and experts denounce it as a fraud, the mystique carefully cultivated over the decades and centuries vanishes – and so do the funds and worldwide attention. Putting it plainly, showing ithe "Ark" is not competible with telling the truth.

I don't know where the Ark is located, but my website, King Solomon's Astonishing Temple Secrets provides two articles that anyone may read
and which explain what the Ark actually is. These are new, eye-opening and may suggest something about its possible location.

Tony Badillo

With satan moving forward through the media, and now a One World Government of a New World Order, which seek to close down our Churches and Temples and take away our scriptures, perhaps; just perhaps, God is using the Holy Ethiopians to cause a spiritual renewal through the ushering in of the public viewing of the sacred Ark of the Covenant.

Regardless, all Christians should bow in respect to the Holy Ethiopians for guarding the Holy Ark of the Covenant.

Back in the late 70s and early 80s, I spent three summers in Turkey, looking for the remains of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat; I do feel our Heavenly Father and Jesus The Christ have their own Holy Timetable, and in Their due time, many wondeful things will be revealed.

On the the other side, perhaps, keeping the Ark of the Covenant out of view is more Holy; why submit it to the scorn of those following satan?

God, in His own way, appointed the Holy Ethiopians as caretakers and guardians; just like in our on personal lives, as we fast and pray, and make covenants of sacrifice, the Ethiopians too, will know what path God would have them take with the Ark of the Covenant.

May God Bless the Ethiopians for being a light to the world.
Kyle in Flint, Michigan

In the U.S., lust, envy and greed have become socially acceptable in both the private and business sectors and in the latter, contributed significantly to the economic downfall that has spread far outside our borders. Terrorism and fanaticism is growing in leaps and bounds. The time is right to have an event as monumental as the unveiling of the "true Ark", to capture attention and restore hope and morality to all.

Cause #1: The state of Woyane’s regime: A dying regime ripping in its death bed has been known to be the most barbaric dictatorship even by African standard. The final death march heralded by economic standstill, a humiliating defeat in Somalia, internal defection threatening to implode the fake union of its party, the intensified opposition parties, the vanquishing of foreign reserve, the Obama election, the global recession, the disappearance of Diaspora dollars, the 2010 election making Ethiopia the next Iran all add up to the most desperate period of this evil regime.

Seeking to find money where previous rescue were delivered via the unlikely partners Sheik Ala Amoudi and Aba Paulos, today neither parties can deliver the same nor protect their own interest. Earlier investigation ordered by Azeb Mesfin herself into the church treasure and of Mahebere Kidusan turned out all moneys of both entities were stashed away only in individual names and the Woyane regime was left bitterly without these resources. At this point Aba Paulos was forced to take over the lavish high rise built by Mahebere Kidusan in Addis Ababa and exile its top leaders of the organization outside the country where they are now busy condemning Aba Paulos with hope of getting a new lease with the power contenders. See http://deje-selam.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_8166.html

Cause #2: Power struggle within the Synod to unseat Aba Paulos. Most recently the news of the dethroning of Aba Paulos from the patriarchal duty is indeed a true development. Aba Paulos has been stripped of all his power except to give a religious service. An Ad hoc committee consisting of 7 archbishops is now in charge of the Synod. Apparently the rebellion was orchestrated by Aba Samuel Tekeste who is a native of Wolkait and believed to be a family member of of Azeb Mesfin. Ever since that time (4 weeks) he is relegate to simple church duties by decree of the Synod and further ordered not to engage in any administrative functions except religious services, (as if anyone is left in Ethiopia seeking blessing from this man). In return the decision of the Synod has created the most explosive power struggle ever to be witnessed in the history of the church. Deje Selam web site owned by Mahebere Kidusan has further elaborated on the unfolding crisis inside the Synod, they seem to have inside source than the rest of us: http://deje-selam.blogspot.com/

Last week the power of the patriarch versus the 7 archbishops came to head when Aba Paulos decided to accept the official invitation of the Roman Pope representing the Orthodox Church and traveled to Italy. Before the dust even settled about his travel, he staged this bizarre media stunt about the Ark of the Covenant to show who really is in control of the church. It is made from start to finish for internal consumption about a pending 12 month ruthless campaign between Azeb Mesfin Vs the Adwa camp led by Aba Paulos to finally determine who will hold the absolute power in the only remaining viable institution in Ethiopia. In the meantime Woyane’s true virtue desecrating any thing Ethiopia by any means necessary; to ultimately hold power for a purpose of looting and pillaging will continue to such time when they all vanquish in un-mark graveyard where you and I will walk on.

Long Live Ethiopia, Amen.

In the name of the God father almighty peace be upon all Ethiopians in the name of Jesus, giver of life and destroyer of death & In the name of our mother Zion who is called Ethiopia.peace be upon all my brothers and sisters.

please don't get disturbed on any news concerning the Ark as the time is about to be unleashed that we will be center of the world.
personally let me tell you a little something which I know about the Ark by the holy insight of the holy spirit of the father.

what makes this ARK of the covenant the most powerful object in the world is because the holy and most mighty names of God have been inscribed on every conrner of this object and 24 gem stones with inscription of the name of God and some images are on the gold plated Ark which gives it the divine power to do anything in the name of God Lord Sabaoth.having said all these by the profecy of our fore fathers is that the one who is going to come to the nation to lead with the rod of moses is the one who is going to use the wisdom associated with it which is called the divine wisdom and which ultimately lead this impoverished nation to a super power role not by attacking nations like others do it by their weapon but by being a nations of priests and praisers of God's holy name which will eventually lead to the becoming economic superpower of the whole african nation and that particular land specially.

Now, please children of God in the holy covenant, please listen when God is speaking, you are not supposed to fight one another, as moses said to the children of Israel, "have faith and stand still, don't fight the lord will fight for you & you shall see the salvation of the lord sabaoth"
so please the new Israel (spirtual Israel) don't fight, your new leader is arranging himself with the divine wisdom and he will march soon and after that like you heard it in our forefather's tales, Ethiopia will be a super power nation to the disbelief of the whole wide world.

Kuta-Al , Lewuwat :- we are great! our hearts!
oh, Lord, arise that our enemies may be destroyed and that they may fly, that those who hate you may be scattered like smoke, drive them away.As wax melts before the fire, so pass away all evil-doers before God, for God has given you the kingdom. pour out Thy wrath over them,Thy wrath seize them. you shall stand upon leopards and adders , & you shall subdue the lion & dragon. With God only can we do great things, He will bring them under our feet.
You that are & was & will be in the old & new covenant! Eternal Jehovah, Jesus christ, Messiah, All-beautiful, All-true, All-holy! All-loving & All-merciful, you have said, Heaven & Earth shall pass away by my words shall not pass away. You have said:- I came not to destroy the old covenant but to fulfil it. You have said:- He who sees me sees the father. You have said:- If you have true faith, you can perform the wonders which I have done, Yea, you will perform yet much greater wonders than I have done. Come also to us Ethiopians ( spiritual Israel) for the sake of our faith, come also unto us Ethiopians for the sake of moses, Thy messenger of faith, Reveal also to us Ethiopians Thy mysterious name from Jehovah, as you once said to your fire prophet moses in solitude, come & say unto us Ethiopians in love, Through the heart of Moses & with the tongue of Aaron so that we may reveal your honor to the world.

my fellow compatriots be strong in the lord Jesus Christ, king of zion & kind of kings of Ethiopia & in our Queen Virgin Mary, mother of God.
I shall come! Schebual!

"All that which is found in the Ark–explained the Patriarch, responding to the curiosity of journalists–is described perfectly in the Bible. The state of conservation is good because it is not made from the hand of man, but it is something that God has blessed." "There are many writings and evidences of the presence of the Ark in Ethiopia. There is no reason why someone [would] dare to affirm to have something that he doesn't have," explained the Patriarch. "I am not here to give proofs that the Ark is in Ethiopia, but I am here to say what I saw, what I know and I can attest to. I didn't say that the Ark would be revealed to the world. It is a mystery, an object of veneration."

Roma, 19 giu. – (Adnkronos) – "L'Etiopia è il trono dell'Arca dell'Alleanza. L'Arca dell'Alleanza è stata in Etiopia per 3.000 anni e adesso è ancora lì e con la volontà di Dio continuerà ad essere lì. E' per via del miracolo che è arrivata in Etiopia".

Il Patriarca della Chiesa ortodossa d'Etiopia Abuna Pauolos conferma quanto aveva anticipato due giorni fa dall'ADNKRONOS. Lo fa in una conferenza stampa tenutasi all'Hotel Aldrovandi a Roma, cui ha partecipato anche il principe Makonnen Haile Selassie, nipote dell'imperatore. "L'ho vista con senso di umiltà, non con orgoglio, come quando si va in chiesa. E' la prima volta -ha proseguito il Patriarca Pauolos- che dico questo in una conferenza stampa. Ripeto l'Arca dell'Alleanza è in Etiopia e nessuno di noi sa per quanto tempo ancora. Solo Dio lo sa".

"Tutto quello che si trova nell'Arca -ha spiegato il Patriarca rispondendo alla curiosità dei cronisti- è descritto perfettamente nella Bibbia. Lo stato di conservazione è buono perché non è fatta da mano d'uomo, ma e' qualcosa che Dio ha benedetto". "Ci sono molti scritti e prove evidenti sulla presenza dell'Arca in Etiopia. Non c'è ragione perché qualcuno pretenda di affermare di avere qualcosa che non ha -ha precisato il Patriarca-. Non sono qui per dare delle prove che l'Arca sia in Etiopia, ma sono qui per dire quello che ho visto, quello che so e che posso testimoniare. Non ho detto che l'Arca sarà mostrata al mondo. E' un mistero, un oggetto di culto".

Il Patriarca Pauolos ha anche parlato della costruzione di un museo ad Axum, una struttura che dovrà accogliere e conservare i tesori costruiti per secoli e secoli ad Axum. Nel museo, finanziato dalla fondazione del principe e che dovrebbe essere costruito entro due anni, potrebbe essere collocata anche l'Arca dell'Alleanza, ma per questo ha spiegato Abuna Pauolos "c'e' bisogno di una decisione che spetta al Santo Sinodo, l'istanza suprema della Chiesa ortodossa etiope". Il patriarca Pauolos, presidente del G8 delle Religioni, ha preso parte dal 16 al 18 giugno al G8 delle religioni che si e' tenuto tra Roma e L'Aquila. Poi ieri il Patriarca e' stato invitato dalla comunita' di Sant'Egidio dove ha partecipato a una giornata di studio sulla storia religiosa d'Etiopia, e sempre ieri ha incotrato in Vaticano il Pontefice Benedetto XVI.

"Nell'incontro in Vaticano Benedetto XVI e il Patriarca hanno discusso di molte cose e sua Santità ha rivolto al Patriarca l'invito a tornare a ottobre", ha precisato il principe Makonne Haile Selassie.

Nothing is left sacred to the woyanes. They probably saw a possible gain of money from this.

For time immemorial, holy people devoted their lives gaurding the ark. Now we have Gebremedhin going for European Catholic visit…….People do we remember what happened in the 16th century when Atse Fasil went catholic?

Are these people gonna get a free pass doing this?

Who knows what God will do to these evil people as they dare desicrate the holy ark of the covenant!"

No that is wrong; Atse Fasil never converted to Catholicism. His father Atse Susnios did and ended up assassinated, and actually Atse Fasil then expelled every single European out of the country and none had come to Ethiopia for about 150 years(Closed door policy).

Nothing is left sacred to the woyanes. They probably saw a possible gain of money from this.

For time immemorial, holy people devoted their lives gaurding the ark. Now we have Gebremedhin going for European Catholic visit…….People do we remember what happened in the 16th century when Atse Fasil went catholic?

Are these people gonna get a free pass doing this?

Who knows what God will do to these evil people as they dare desicrate the holy ark of the covenant!

It seems that the Ark disapeared somewhere around the 10th century BC at the time it was placed in King Solomon's Temple.

I believe that it was then stolen and was being taken to the wealthy governer of the Bahrian Oasis (which is south west of Cairo). According to my research he lived there at that period.

Apparently he was collecting treasures and would have wanted the Ark more than anything else, especially as he was also the High Priest of Egypt.

I recently discovered a cave in the vicinity of the oasis which fits a description of where the ark had been taken to en route to the Governer.

However once it is uneartherd it might prove to be the Ark of the Exodus or an ancient copy.

The first thing would be is to have the arcacia wood of the ark , radio carbon dated to determine when the arcacia tree was cut down. If the date corresponds to the time of the Exodus then it is more than likely the original ark. If it is later then its surely a copy.

Would the Etheopians be prepared to submit their ark to that test?

I have written a 400 page manuscript about my 19 years search which I am submitting to be published. It will be called "Arkquest". It describes what the ark would have looked like and also tells about the role of the Ark when it is found.

Feel free to contact me at; arkquest2002@yahoo.com