Jewish Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan River by Benjamin West, 1800, Wikipedia, Public Domain In an interview with the 700 Club, Archaeologist Dr. Chris McKinny discussed the mysterious disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant. The gold plated Ark of the Covenant was the most important piece of furniture in the Jewish sacred life. On top of the ark were two Golden Cherubim between which the very presence of God rested. “I think maybe… the central reason is because it is God’s throne,” McKinny said. “It’s the place where God has chosen to dwell among His people… It’s such a central piece of Israel’s story.” The Ark of the Covenant disappeared in 586 BC when the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and looted and destroyed the Jewish Temple. But in all the Biblical lists of the booty taken from the Temple there is no mention of the Ark of the Covenant. McKinny states that this has led to several theories on what happened to the Ark. The most commonly accepted is that …