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Ellen White acknowledged the ark in the heavenly sanctuary but chose not to elaborate on its specific contents. In a letter from 1903, she stated: "I could say much regarding the sanctuary; the ark containing the law of God; the cover of the ark, which is the mercy seat; the angels at either end of the ark; and other things connected with the heavenly sanctuary and with the great day of atonement. I could say much regarding the mysteries of heaven; but my lips are closed. I have no inclination to try to describe them" (CIHS 23.4). This statement reveals her deliberate restraint on the subject. While she mentioned the ark containing the law of God,she explicitly chose not to provide detailed descriptions of what she had been shown about the heavenly sanctuary and its contents. Her phrase my lips are closedindicates this was a conscious decision rather than a lack of information. The provided documents show that Ellen White did speak and write about the ark in the heavenly sanctuary on different occasions, as noted in her sermon in Torero, Sweden, in 1886 (CIHS 23). However, the specific details about the ark's current contents were among the "mysteries of heaven" she felt no inclination to describe in detail. Her approach demonstrates a balance between affirming the reality of the heavenly sanctuary and its ark while maintaining reverence for sacred matters that she believed were not meant to be fully explained or described. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White teach about the significance of the heavenly sanctuary in the plan of salvation? • How did Ellen White describe the relationship between the earthly sanctuary and the heavenly sanctuary? • What did she say about the law of God and its role in the judgment? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=Does+Ellen+white+say+what+is+contained+in+the+Ark+of+the+Covenant+now%3F)