Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials by Von Daniken Erich

Author:Von Daniken, Erich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-02T05:29:00+00:00

3.6. Transporting the Ark of the Covenant (an illustration from an old bible). Author's own image.

Shortly after the construction of the Ark was completed, God warned his servant Moses that he must ensure that Aaron follow explicit instructions "or he will die" (Leviticus 16:2). Later the Ark of the Covenant was involved in a number of catastrophes. The Philistines captured the Ark (first book of Samuel, Chapter 4 ff.) and all the gawkers who got anywhere near the uncanny object died of diseases that today would probably be described as radiation sickness. The nails on their hands and feet fell off, as did their hair, their skin was covered in "boils," and "the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven" (I Samuel 5:12).8 The bible even tells us about a fatal accident suffered by a priest who forgot to follow the strict safety guidelines: "...when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it.... And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God" (II Samuel 6:6 ff.).

Poor old Uzzah! And he was one of the priests! So what did he do that was so wrong? And what kind of god smites one of his subjects for a moment of carelessness? The Bible provides an answer: "And the whole of mount Sinai was clad in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke climbed up like the smoke from a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly" (Exodus 19:18).

This same God demanded sacrifices from the Israelites (gold, silver, precious stones) and iterated to his servant Moses that he should make it tell the Israelites in no uncertain terms: "You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven" (Exodus 20:22).

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