In the late 70s, Ron Wyatt was investigating a boat-shaped object in Eastern Turkey.

His conclusion after scanning, measuring, and analyzing, was that this is most likely the remains of

Noah’s Ark. It is still the object of research to this very day.
Before the flood, man doubted there would be a flood, and after the flood, people are doubting there was a flood.

What once served as a warning of a coming flood, is now a reminder that there was a flood and that there is a God. Turns out, men don’t like either warnings or reminders. Noah’s ark has been the object of mocking while it was built, as well as the remains of it today. The ones building it were considered crazy, and now the workers who try to preserve it and investigate are considered weird too.

There are some interesting parallels between the story of the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant and the building of Noah’s ark, and we are going to look at them.

The warning of the coming flood came to only ONE MAN. Then he told his family and the larger world, as they started building the ark.

For years the world witnessed a man acting on the word he had received, with no apparent evidence that what was said to happen would actually happen.

This made mockers mock and doubters doubt.

They could ask for evidence of this coming flood, but Noah had no evidence to give them apart from his testimony. A testimony few would consider a probable cause to believe. If Noah would not prove by the laws of nature for the antireligious to believe, or by signs and miracles for the religious to believe, it was considered unreasonable for people to believe him. 

Why even preach and plan for a flood so far into the future? Why not wait until the last moment and save people with scare tactics? (Read more why here)

In the end, Noah was likely to have been the talk of the world. Was he a fanatic, crazy, a manipulator, a liar who believed his own lies so much so that he devoted his life to this mission?

On Gods cue, Noah then went into the Ark, and God shut the door behind him. They could not go out, the others could not go in. Seven days of people shaking their heads before the raindrops started falling upon them.

You may ask, why didn’t God provide proof of the flood, why not tell more than one man about it? Why not add more witnesses? Why not use influential and powerful men to warn the world so they could turn from their wickedness?

Now let us look at the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant. One man went in and told others about what he saw. His testimony. We can see evidence of his excavations, his work, to reach the chamber. We can see what he found along the way. But the end evidence is still hidden in man’s eyes.

So why did God tell about the Ark discovery so long in advance, before evidence of them came out or so long after the events happened at the cross?

The Ark represents the throne of the lamb, God’s throne on earth. It was removed from the temple in the days of King Manasseh, the time God had decided he would not sit and rule from the temple mount anymore.  However, one faithful king, Josiah, reinstated God’s true worship, and for a short while the Ark was placed back into the temple.  God reigned from Zion for a little while longer.

Since then, the Ark has been hidden and the Shekinah glory never dwelled over the ark and the temple again. The Lord did not rule from an earthly kingdom again.

The discovery of the Ark of the Covenant is forewarning that Gods kingdom, the rock that hit the statue in Daniel, will happen. The times of the heathens are almost over. (See more here)

This kingdom will happen as Christ returns and judges mankind. Like the flood. Some will perish, some will be saved.

The discovery of the Ark signalizes the end of the worldly kingdoms and the return of the King of the Ark. 

Just like Noah’s ark, The discovery of the Ark of the Covenant signalizes a coming judgment, but they both also reveal that man has only one chance of salvation.

In Noah’s day, it was the Ark, in our day it is the blood and the law that makes up the Ark.

God cannot save and protect those still in rebellion – hence the law (Rev.18). But he can forgive the transgressor (the blood).

• Both arks offer protection and salvation.
• Both were witnessed by one man to mankind.
• Both times, the evidence of what was witnessed is not seen. Yet, God expects us to be warned, to repent based on the testimony.

In both instances, both Ron and Noah were not believed. But they just both did what God asked. They shared all they had to share. They could show their conviction through their work, and their faith.

The question remains, will you receive the warning and find refuge in what the Ark of the Covenant represents even before you see the evidence of it?

So why does God do it this way? Our last video reveals in parts why. God wants sincerity, not hypocrisy. And that is only born from the Spirit, from faith. Faith reveals what is hidden, it is a door that opens and invites. (Se video about it here, or read an article about it here)

The human heart is not aligned with God. We seek to save ourselves, and we act on the idea that we can save ourselves. Even Christians do this a lot. Because of our perspective, we don’t always understand God’s way of doing things. 

We want God to prove Himself to us.

God needs us to prove ourselves to Him.

We want to know what God is made of,

He wants to see what we are made of.

Man is busy judging God.

God is investigating the man.

And this way what we want to see, and what God wants to see do not align.

This is why what we demand to believe, and what God actually are willing to show, do not always align.

Because God is testing us, while we are testing God.
Everyone will see the evidence of God’s power, His kingship, and His claims to earth. But for most, it will be too late, because when the voice is heard “ ‘Behold, the bridegroom ^[is coming; go out to meet him! ” most will not have oil on their lamps. They can’t prepare in time. (Matt.25:6)

When Christ hung on the cross, the Pharisees and the learned men of their day said to Jesus: “If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him ” (Matt.27:42)

Come down from the cross and we will believe.

If Jesus had met their demand for believing, He would have to cancel His own careful plan to save mankind, only to find that it was still not enough for them to believe anyway.

God is not unfair, He can give you evidence to help you believe so you can be saved, but it has to be according to His plan, and His principles. Don’t be unreasonable in your demands, study the evidence God has provided so far, seek God in prayer, and listen to the spirit.

God has planned the moment of His triumph since the fall of man, and he is not going to change that plan because it does not serve anyone if He does.

But can God ask you to believe the testimony of one man before a great destruction? He can. Because the truth does not lie in the degrees of the people sharing it, in a democracy, with the crowds or the minority, or who else we look to feel safe receiving something. The truth needs only to be voiced by one to be shared if that is God’s will. Sometimes He uses just one, sometimes he chooses twelve, sometimes he chooses seventy, sometimes 144 000. God does what he does for the reasons he does. There was only one man given to warn his family before Sodom was destroyed. It says about Lot: “And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law” (Gen 19:14)

And only one man who was told the flood was coming as well:
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:   … Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot . … Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.  Luk.17; 26, 28 & 30^]

Peter says:
“When once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (2.Peter 3:20,21 )