[ealgeone]

The Temple was burned, and the Ark of the Covenant was lost, never again to be found (until its fulfillment in the Blessed Mother Mary).

A Roman Catholic belief, but not supported by the Old or New Testament.

The Roman Catholic can seemingly do nothing without Mary.

[Biggirl]

It is believed that after the Queen of Sheba came home after visiting King Solomon, she had a son by the name of Menilek. 20 years later he came to Judah and took home the original Ark of the Covenant to what became the country of Ethiopia.

[Mrs. Don-o]

In Biblical exegesis, this is what is called a foreshadowing, a prophetic "type."

Mary IS the NT the Ark of the Covenant.>

Mary was beautifully prefigured by the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark carried sacred objects --- flakes of manna and the tablets of the Law --- associated with God's saving work toward the Hebrew people. And Mary carried not manna, but the Living Bread; not the Law, but the Lawgiver; she carried not just the saving of the Hebrew people, but the Savior of the World.

[Campion]

Actually it’s supported directly by Revelation 11:19 going into chapter 12. It would be hard for it to be better supported than that.