but not only this,
19.
Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the Arc of His Covenant was seen in His Temple.
this was only seen (once a year) by the High Priest on The Day of Atonement. 'Lev.16. & Heb.9:7.'
we LOVE the beauty of this Holiness, God's perfect ORDER,
both Spiritually and chronologically, you have the ('New Moon-Feast of Trumpets-Day of Atonement.')
Hebrews 9:1-7
1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a
tabernacle made ; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread ; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all ;
4 Which had the golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded , and the
tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which
we cannot now speak particularly .
6 Now when these things were thus ordained , the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Revelation 11:19
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the
ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Would you say that the stone tablets are still there in the ark? Maybe that's why no one can find them.
1 Kings 8:9
9 There was
nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.