Ezekiel 10: Ichabod – The Glory Of The Lord Leaves the Temple . . . and never returned.
The Ark of the Covenant disappeared off of the pages of history by the time of the Babylonian Captivity. Nothing in the Bible is said about the Ark in the Old Testament after the return from Babylon, but the Apocrypha states that the Ark could not be found when the Jewish people rebuilt the Temple at the time of Ezra and Zechariah.
Thus, the Holy of Holies in the Second Temple was an empty chamber, without the Ark of the Covenant. When the Roman General Pompey conquered Jerusalem around 63 B.C., he demanded the privilege of entering the Holy of Holies. When he did, he came out saying that he could not understand what all the interest was about the sanctuary, when it was only an empty room.
When the Lord Jesus came to earth to offer His Own Blood for the sins of the whole world . . . there was no Ark in the Temple. No place to offer any sacrifice. The Israelites, at that time, had an Empty Room. Now, we believers, the Church of the Lord Christ Jesus, have an Empty Tomb!
Glory to God Almighty, He, the Lord Jesus, our sacrifice, our Savor, our Lord and King, is Risen!
