Psalm 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Ever been told, “That doesn’t concern you!”

That rebuke often bothered me because if I wasn’t concerned, then I wouldn’t have asked. I was young when that happened. In my youth I did not understand what that really meant. Maturity has helped me refocus concerns as they directly relate to me.

Worry, anxiety, passion, desire, spiritual hunger and mental pain are all part of my dominion. To the extent to which I can control my actions and reactions is given to me by God as parts of this life. I have a say in these areas. I have a responsibility in this.

Note the tense “will perfect” as a thing in process, not complete. We are temporal, our time in this life has limits. We also have life after this world. We will change again.

Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

We have this expectation when we read verses like these that it means this temporal existence It is not our concern. It is His. Forever is not a temporal state, it is a hereafter state. We concern ourselves with the here and now with impatience, intolerance, and immaturity, because we are after all temporal beings. For the moment.

Philippians 1:6, 10 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

Do not be offended just because you are not yet perfected. It will come.

2 Chronicles 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

No specific mention is made as to the Ark of the Covenant. Vessels great and small wound include the Ark of the Covenant but the fame and glory of the Ark of the Covenant was so widespread I would expect it to be separated from other vessels and treasures to give fame and glory to its captor. But not so anywhere in scriptures. The scriptures tell us nothing of the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant.

Reading different sources on the disappearance and whereabouts of the Ark leads to many versions. Some of those versions are so fanciful that movie scripts have been quoted as source information.

John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

It would seem that Jesus could come and go without using doors, appearing and disappearing at will. There is no explanation of how or why He did this, He just did. I have to wonder, and since my fantasies are just as valid as Hollywood’s, is it not possible God could do the same with the Ark? I do have scripture that says all things are possible with God, so, there you go.

But where is the mercy seat upon which the blood was shed for the remission of sins?

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

Can you see it?