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Originally Posted by AV1611 
This argument is made often yet there are a number of problems. One major one is "so what"? So it is not in Scripture but does that mean it did not happen? Quote:
Originally Posted by Guido's Brother 2) Once the temple was built, the ark was permanently housed there. | Can you prove that? |
With regards to your first question: the issue becomes whether or not the Israelites were free to add or take away from the worship of Yahweh as they pleased. My sense is that there may be a regulative principle issue here.
1 Kings 8 describes the bringing of the ark into the temple. Verse 8 implies that the ark permanently remained in the temple after this.
I recently preached on Psalm 24. When I read the abstract of this journal article I get the impression that the author views Psalms 23 & 24 more as a record of Israelite religion than as a revelation from God (typical of articles in JSOT). While it may be interesting to toss these ideas around in the ivory tower, when it comes to preaching and teaching they are of very limited value, if of any value at all.