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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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ARKCOV1.ASC
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We wish to publicly thank Shirley Nelms of Chester, Arkansas
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for freely sharing information with KeelyNet.
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The following file is one Shirley had found while she
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and her husband lived in the Los Angeles area in the early 80's.
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a clipping taken from the LA Times, March 15, 1982
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Ark of the Covenant FOUND??
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Tom Crotser, leader of a recent expedition to uncover the Ark of the
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Covenant, says his find has been supported by a Jordanian
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archeologist.
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Samir Ghisan said he knows of the corridor on Mount Pisgah that
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Crotser claims leads to the chamber containing the fabled Ark.
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Ghisan, now at Loma Linda University in California, formerly was
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regional director for the Museum at Madaba, Jordan.
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Crotser, of Winfield, Kansas, claims to have discovered the golden
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box (the Ark) that is said to contain the original Ten Commandments
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and the Rod of Aaron.
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But he says he won't release his photographs until he can show them
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to European financier David Rothschild, who, Crotser says, will
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rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem.
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Vangard notes >>>
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Quotes are taken from "The Holy Bible in Modern English" translated
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direct from the original Hebrew, Chaldee and Greek languages by
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Ferrar Fenton.
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In the case of the Rod of Aaron, there are many references which all
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seem to be related to the original STAFF OF MOSES as found in Exodus
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and Numbers. We must also realize that Moses and Aaron were
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brothers.
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Now there is specific mention of the STAFF OF MOSES. It is in
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Exodus where Moses first countenances God in the form of a Burning
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Bush. At that time, Moses is instructed to "take that STAFF, for
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you shall perform wonders with it." The staff is called the ROD OF
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GOD in its first occurrence.
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Moses complains that he is not the best choice to be the spokesman
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for the EVER-LIVING. At this time, God instructs Moses to solicit
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the aid of his brother Aaron, the Levite. In another verse Moses
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says he is slow of tongue, to which Pharoah will not listen. The
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EVER-LIVING replies,
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"See, I will make you like a GOD to Pharoah, and Aaron your
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brother shall be your RECITER. "
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The EVER-LIVING spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, - "Since
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Pharaoh has said to you "Give us an Evidence (that your God has
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power and is thus real)",
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Instruct Aaron, "Take YOUR ROD (GOD'S ROD now transferred to
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the control of Aaron in the function of high priest)and throw
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it down before Pharoah and it shall become a serpent."
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Then follows the ACTUAL meeting of Moses and Aaron with Pharoah.
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Moses and Pharoah therefore went to Pharoah, and did as the
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EVER-LIVING commanded, and he threw down HIS ROD before
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Pharoah, and before his ministers, and it became a serpent.
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But Pharoah summoned the scientists and chemists, and they also
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did it, assisted by the engineers of the Mitzeraim, by their
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delusions.
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For each of them threw down THEIR RODS! and they became
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serpents, but the ROD OF AARON (now GOD'S ROD is fully
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identified as AARON'S ROD) swallowed their rods.
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The EVER-LIVING then said to Moses, "The heart of Pharoah is
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decided not to let the people depart. Confront Pharoah in the
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morning, when he goes to the bath, and stand to meet him at the
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band of the river, and take the ROD which turned to a serpent
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in your hand.
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Then say to him, "The EVER-LVING GOD of the Hebrews has sent me
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to you to say, 'Let My People go and serve Me in the desert.
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But if you will not listen to that, thus says the EVER-LIVING,
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by this you shall learn that I am the MASTER: -
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When I STRIKE WITH THE ROD which is in my hand upon the waters
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which are in the river, they shall turn to blood! And the fish
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which are in the river shall die; and the river shall stink;
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and the Mitzerites shall loathe to drink of the water of the
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river!"
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The EVER-LIVING also said to Moses; "Say to Aaron; Take your
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ROD (note again God instructing Moses to instruct Aaron about
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the use of HIS (AARON'S) ROD) and extend your hand over the
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waters of Mitzer; - over the streams, over the brooks, the
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pools, and over all the reservoirs of water; and they shall
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become blood; and they shall be blood in all the land of the
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Mitzerites, both in wood and in stone."
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Again Pharoah refuses to allow the Hebrew people to go into the
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desert to make sacrifice to the EVER-LIVING.
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Then the EVER-LIVING said to Moses, "Command your brother
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Aaron; 'Extend your hand WITH YOUR ROD over the rivers, and
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streams, and lakes, so that the frogs may come up over the land
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of Mitzer."
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Still Pharoah refuses,
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Consequently the EVER-LIVING said to Moses; "Say to Aaron,
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'Extend YOUR ROD, and beat the dust of the Earth, and it shall
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become lice in all the land of the Mitzeraim.'" And he did so.
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Now comes an interesting turn of events, Moses now takes command of
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the situation at God's instruction. This occurs after the
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affliction of boils.
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The EVER-LIVING afterwards said to Moses, "Extend your hand to
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the skies, and there will come hail in all the land of the
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Mitzeraim, upon man, and upon beast; and upon all that is in
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the field, in the land of the Mitzeraim."
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So Moses extended HIS ROD to the skies, and the EVER-LIVING
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uttered His voice; and fire ran along the ground, and the EVER-
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LIVING poured hail upon the land of the Mitzeraim.
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And there was hail, and continuous FIRE mixed with the hail,
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very cruel, such as had never been like it in all the land of
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the Mitzeraim from when it had become a nation.
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Pharoah begs that it be stopped wherein Moses replies,
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"When I am outside of the city, I will spread out my hands to
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the EVER-LIVING, WHEN THE VOICES WILL CEASE, and the hail will
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not continue...."
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Next comes the plague of Locusts.
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So Moses extended HIS ROD over the country of the Mitzeraim,
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and the EVER-LIVING drove an east wind over the country all
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that day and all the night until the morning came, and the east
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wind carried the locusts...
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Then comes the EXODUS wherein the Red Sea is parted.
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The EVER-LIVING then said to Moses; "Why do you cry to Me?
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Command the children of Israel to march. And you, RAISE YOUR
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STAFF, and extend your hand over the sea, and it will divide
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itself, and the children of Israel can go through it as upon
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dry land...."
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The people then experience the phenomenon of the Mana, which is
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followed by a period of drought. Here we come to the miracle of the
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water which comes from the rock...
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the EVER-LIVING says to Moses; "Pass along before the face of
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the people and take with you the Magistrates of Israel. Take
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also in your hand THE ROD with which you shall strike upon the
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rock, and water shall come out from it, and quench the people."
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Another mention is made of the water being removed from a rock in
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Numbers.
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It is brought out after the children of Israel are marched into the
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Wilderness of Tzin, where they settled in Kadesh. Water in the area
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was deficient for the needs of the nation and the people complained
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about the hardship induced upon them by the command of the Lord that
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they should move to such a barren wilderness.
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Then the EVER-LIVING spoke to Moses, commanding; -
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"Take your STAFF, and convoke the Parliament, - you and your
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brother Aaron, - and command the rock in their sight, and it
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will give them water; and bring out water for them from the
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rock, and quench the thirst of the people and their cattle."
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Moses therefore took his STAFF FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE EVER-
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LIVING, as he was commanded; and Moses and Aaron addressed the
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crowd before the rock, and said to them ;
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"Listen now you rebels! out of this very rock water shall come
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for you."
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Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock with his staff
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twice, and a rush of water came out, and quenched the thirst of
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his people and of their cattle.
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God later instructs Aaron and Moses to ascend to the Peak of the
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Highlands, where Aaron removes his robes, and clothes Aliazar his
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son with them, and Aaron died there on the top of the Peak. Then
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Moses and Aliazar came down from the Peak. And all the People saw
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the death of Aaron, all the house of Israel; so they wept for Aaron
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for thirty days.
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As to the tablets of the Ten Commandments, the Bible quite
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specifically states that the Ten Commandments are in the Ark of the
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Covenant. It is interesting that there were TWO sets, the first of
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which was destroyed by Moses on finding his people engaged in
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blatant idolatry.
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This is shown by the following verse from Exodus,
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The EVER-LIVING afterwards said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two
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tablets of stone, LIKE THE FORMER ONES, and I will write upon
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them the Commandments which were upon the FIRST THAT YOU
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BROKE..."
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The proof of that the tablets of the Ten Commandments are in the Ark
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are shown by this verse from Deutronomy (the speeches of Moses,
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which form the Moab additions to the original Covenant made in the
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land of Horeb, this one being Speech XII before Moses dies).
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The EVER-LIVING says to Moses, "Now that your days approach
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death; summon Joshua, and station him in the Hall of Assembly,
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and I will instruct him..."
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When Moses had finished engraving the commands of this Law (the Moab
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additions) in a record to its end, he commanded the Levites who
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carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, saying;
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Page 4
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"Take this Book of the Law, and place it INSIDE THE ARK OF THE
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COVENANT of the EVER-LIVING, your GOD, and it shall be there as
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a witness to you, that I knew your rebelliousness and your
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stiff neck..."
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And the EVER-LIVING says to Moses,
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"Go up the hill by the ford, - to Mount Nebo, and survey the
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land of Canaan, which I will give to the children of Israel for
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possession; and you SHALL DIE UPON THE MOUNTAIN THAT YOU
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ASCEND, and be added to your people, as Aaron your brother DIED
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ON THE HILL OF HILLS..."
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We called Winfield, Kansas in the hopes of locating Tom Crotser.
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The operator says no one by that name is listed in their phone
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directory.
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The next step was to try Loma Linda University in San Diego. A call
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was placed on Saturday morning which amazingly enough was answered.
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A search of the University directory showed no GHISAN, although
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there was an astronomer with a name something like Gazelle.
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We definitely plan to try the University again next week. This file
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has been uploaded to the ICJR BBS which is the direct organization
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which is headed by Mr. Vendyl Jones. Vendyl is the man on whom the
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character "Indiana Jones" was modelled.
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Vendyl and his group have been actively searching for the Ark of the
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Covenant and the Ashes of the Red Heifer for many years now. John
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Hill works with Vendyl and is the Sysop of the ICJR BBS, they are at
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1-817-346-1038 in Arlington, Texas.
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This is yet another interest of ours here at Vangard Sciences. We
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have several files relating to these topics which currently include
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NOAHLAW, NOAHARK1, HEIFER1, INDY1 and now ARKCOV1 (this file).
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This paper may be freely distributed. Thank you for your support
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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