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Ark Code Looks ArkArk CodeCode lookslooks forfor CodeCode--revealedrevealed ArkArk CoordinatesCoordinates 34 34 WHATWHAT ISIS THETHE ARKARK CODECODE HYPOTHESIS?HYPOTHESIS? z A primary purpose of the Bible Code is to establish the location of the Ark of the Covenant 35 WHYWHY WOULDWOULD THETHE ARKARK’’SS LOCATIONLOCATION BEBE ENCODED?ENCODED? I shall speak with you z The Ark was used by from atop the cover, HaShem to Communicate from between the two with Moses: cherubim that are on z The Ark was central to the Ark of the worship of HaShem in the Testimonial tablets… First Temple Exodus 25:22 z Discovery of the Ark via computer-code would speak to the computer age that HaShem exists 36 WHENWHEN WASWAS THETHE ARKARK LOST?LOST? z The Ark was last mentioned in 2nd Chronicles 35:1-2 when King Josiah asked that the Ark be placed back in the Temple (around 622 BCE). z The primary prophet of the time between the Ark’s placement back in the Temple and Destruction of that Temple was Jeremiah 37 WhereWhere diddid JeremiahJeremiah gogo whenwhen thethe TempleTemple waswas destroyed?destroyed? z To Northern Egypt But Johanan…took….Jeremiah the prophet… and they came into the land of Egypt Jeremiah 43:5-7 38 WHATWHAT AREASAREAS OFOF EGYPTEGYPT AREARE MENTIONEDMENTIONED ININ CONJUNCTIONCONJUNCTION WITHWITH JEREMIAH?JEREMIAH? z The word of that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol and at Tahphanes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathos… Jeremiah 44:1 Migdol Suspect Ark site 39 IS JEREMIAH’S DEATH SITE ENCODED? YES – IN THE AREA WHERE MOSHE SPLIT THE SEA! THIS IS WHERE THE ARK’S LOCATION IS ENCODED. All the chariots of Egypt In the Land of Egypt And he slew And Moses Between the camp of the stretched Egyptians and between the camp Out his hand of the Israelites and it was a cloud JEREMIAH WILL DIE over the sea JEREMIAH WILL DIE 40 @ Skip 401 WHATWHAT AREARE THETHE ARKARK COORDINATESCOORDINATES ADVANCEDADVANCED BYBY ARKARK CODECODE?? z 31 DEGREES 9 MINUTES NORTH z 33 DEGREES 4 MINUTES EAST On the El Zuqba Peninsula jutting into Lake Bardawil near the Mediterranean Sea 41 HOWHOW WASWAS INITIALINITIAL LONGITUDELONGITUDE DERIVED?DERIVED? z Most Researchers emphasize the lowest ELS of a term. z The lowest ELS for Ark of the Covenant is at skip –306. z The lowest ELS for Ark of the Covenant runs into the phrase Egyptians were burying at Numbers 33:4. – The Ark is probably buried. – 33 Degrees 4 Minutes East is a longitude in Egypt. – Degrees and minutes were related to chapter and verse. is encoded at skip +2, and it touches ,אר ך ,A word for longitude – Ark of the Covenant at Numbers 33:4. On Figure to the right, Red= Ark of Covenant, Blue = Egyptians were burying, Green = Longitude 42 42 HOWHOW WASWAS INITIALINITIAL LATITUDELATITUDE DERIVED?DERIVED? z Ark of the Covenant is mentioned six times in Torah, but only once at a chapter and verse that corresponds to a degree and minute latitude coordinate that is on land and in Egypt – Deuteronomy 31:9, from which 31 degrees 9 minutes North was derived. 43 WHATWHAT KINDKIND OFOF PLACEPLACE ISIS 3131 DEGREESDEGREES 99 MINUTESMINUTES NORTH,NORTH, 3333 DEGREESDEGREES 44 MINUTESMINUTES EASTEAST z A desert peninsula known as El Zuqba that juts into Lake Bardawil. z It’s probably the area where a pillar of fire blocked blocked the Egyptians before God split the sea. z Salt marshes nearby are wet in winter but dry The suspect site up and are white (salt) in summer. 44 44 Mediterranean Sea Katib El Qals Katib El Qals Bir El Qals (Citadel of Sweet Water) (Well of Sweet Water) 3 Kilometers Mat Iblis Salt Marsh Lake Bardawil (Mallahet) Ugret Selima Coast Guard Building? THE SUSPECT SITE Commercial salt extraction 24 Km road from Mallahet Bir El Suleman El Mapia El Mapia 45 IsIs BardawilBardawil oror ZuqbaZuqba encodedencoded withwith ArkArk ofof thethe CovenantCovenant itit itsits minimumminimum skip?skip? YES! BLUE = BARDAWIL @ SKIP -303 RED = ZUQBA @ SKIP -1 GREEN = LONGTITUDE @ SKIP +2 BROWN = ARK OF THE COVENANT @ SKIP -306 46 WouldWould anythinganything bebe expectedexpected toto bebe visiblevisible ofof thethe surfacesurface atat thethe site?site? No – the smallest ELS of Ark of the Covenant runs into Egyptians were burying. The suspect site Ground penetrating radar is essential47 47 WhatWhat aboutabout rabbinicalrabbinical traditiontradition ofof thethe ArkArk inin Jerusalem?Jerusalem? IT’S UNPROVEN: z Most rabbis think Jeremiah hid the Ark under Jerusalem. There is also a tradition that the Ark went to Babylonia. However, Jeremiah went to Egypt, not Babylonia. z Claims that Rabbis Schlomo Goren and Yehuda Getz found the Ark (or saw it) while tunneling under Temple Mount in 1983 are denied by both. z The Ark is encoded at Zuqba and at the correct course to there from Jerusalem on several ELS maps. 48 Using Dr. Leib Schwartzman’s Dialogue Mode: Jerusalem @ Skip 43170 IsIs thethe ArkArk encodedencoded forfor Jerusalem?Jerusalem? Yes, but: •A predictive Code should show all Ark homes. Find Ark @ Skip -8634 •The matrix at right (though striking due to one column) lacks near minimum ELS for either term. Number of Number of Number of Lower ELS Lower ELS Lower ELS Hits for Hits for Hits Find Ark מ צא אר ון יר ו של י ם יר ו של ם Unwrapped 3,119 276 12 Torah Wrapped 4,818 467 15 Torah 49 Better results were obtained with a Schwartzman Find the Ark Dialogue Mode search for matches of (Minimum ELS Tent of Meeting and Bardawil than for Jerusalem @ Skip -104) Tent of Meeting (Minimum ELS at skip 2,101) Bardawil @ 2nd shortest ELS Where is the Ark? (minimum ELS) Find Ark (Minimum ELS 50 at skip 75) Dialogue Mode is one important Code structure. Ask a question, or issue a command, and an answer is often seen in the crossprint. Thus when the question, Where is the Ark asked, the answer – Tent of Meeting appears 3 times. The Ark was in fact kept in the Tent of Meeting, and it may well be with the Tent today. Tent of Meeting Where is the Ark? (minimum ELS) 51 TheThe redundancyredundancy onon thethe lastlast slideslide withwith 33 TentTent ofof MeetingMeeting termsterms isis alsoalso typicaltypical ofof thethe DNADNA--stylestyle Matrix.Matrix. InIn anotheranother DNADNA matrixmatrix below,below, therethere areare twotwo appearanceappearance ofof EndEnd ofof DaysDays expressions.expressions. In the End of Days End of Days 52 Arafat Stiff Necked E. Barak TheThe redundancyredundancy onon thethe lastlast slideslide withwith 33 TentTent ofof MeetingMeeting termsterms isis alsoalso typicaltypical ofof thethe DNADNA--stylestyle Matrix.Matrix. InIn anotheranother DNADNA matrixmatrix below,below, therethere areare twotwo appearanceappearance ofof EndEnd ofof DaysDays expressions.expressions. In the End of Days End of Days 53 Arafat Stiff Necked E. Barak HighHigh FrequencyFrequency TermsTerms areare easyeasy toto matchmatch z Tent of Meeting Occurs 135 times in Torah, which is a very high frequency. z Bardawil occurs 11,930 times in unwrapped Torah. z Something more specific is required than specific matching of terms – something like a-priori course angles in ELS maps. 54 WHATWHAT ISIS ANAN ELSELS MAP?MAP? z An ELS Map is a map where Jerusalem, Arab site names, and the Ark’s suspect location are encoded at angles to each other corresponding to actual course angles on real world maps. ELS Map Figure 1 is an example: 55 PURPLE = JERUSALEM @ Skip +303 RED = ZUQBA @ Skip –1 BLUE = TEMPLE @ Skip +1 GREEN = ARK OF THE COVENANT @ skip –306 56 THETHE GPSGPS COURSECOURSE FROMFROM JERUSALEMJERUSALEM TOTO ZUQBAZUQBA ISIS 252252 DEGREESDEGREES TRUETRUE WITHWITH AA 11--DEGREEDEGREE MARGINMARGIN OFOF ERROR.ERROR. z THE ANGLE FROM JERUSALEM TO ZUQBA ON THE ELS MAP CORRESPONDS TO A COURSE OF 252.35. 57 THETHE ANGLEANGLE FROMFROM TEMPLETEMPLE TOTO THETHE BEGINNINGBEGINNING OFOF ARKARK OFOF THETHE COVENANTCOVENANT ALSOALSO ROUNDSROUNDS OFFOFF TOTO 252.252. ITIT’’SS 251.565251.565°° 58 THETHE 251.565251.565°° COURSECOURSE ISIS REPEATEDREPEATED NINENINE MOREMORE TIMESTIMES ONON 77 OTHEROTHER ELSELS MAPS.MAPS. 59 ELSELS MAPMAP 22 FOUNDFOUND BYBY DR.DR. HARALICKHARALICK ARK OF COVENANT COURSECOURSE 251.565251.565 ZUQBA@-1 JERUSALEM@-30 THE POSITION 60 JERUSALEM@JERUSALEM@--871871 COURSE 251.565 LAND OF EGYPT POSITIONPOSITION (OF)(OF) ARKARK @2,628@2,628 ELSELS MAPMAP 33 61 62 ELSELS MAPMAP 44 POSITION (OF) THE ARK @3,373 FROM JERUSALEM@-843 GOLD COURSE 251.565 FOR GOLD AND POSITION OF THE ARK 62 THE NEAREST NAMED FEATURE TO THE SUSPECT SITE IS A SALT MARSH NAMED UGRET SELIMA 63 63 ELSELS MAPMAP 55 JERUSALEM@99,167 UGRET SELIMA @37,178 Slightly southeast of the suspect site COURSE 251.565 64 The road up from Bedouin woman not far Bir El Suleman to El Zuqba From the suspect Ark site Tag-along boat captain from El Tur Bir El Suleman: Egyptian official on truck that took us over who helped (right) and driver from Cairo 65 Bedouin sand trails to the suspect site 65 ELS MAP FIGURE 7 KATIB EL QALS AND JERUSALEM NOTE: THIS ELS MAP HAS THE PROBLEM THAT KATIB EL QALS IS ABOUT 253 DEGREES FROM JERUSALEM, BUT THE COURSE FROM KATIB EL QALS TO THE SUSPECT ARK SITE IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE 251.565 DEGREE BEARING IS SUGGESTIVE OF OTHER ELS MAPS. COURSE 251.565 JERUSALEM KATIB EL QALS ARK OF COVENANT: CORRECTLY LOCATED DUE SOUTH OF KATIB 66 66 EL QALS zKatib El Qals means Citadel of Sweet Water. zThe same ELS of Katib El Qals is crossed by “He threw it into water and the water became sweet.” (Exodus 15:25). This is the Torah’s only reference to sweet water.
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