17And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.d 18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, 19one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. 20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face one another, looking toward the mercy seat. 21Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
“In Israel, cherubim symbolized God’s attendant and messenger spirits (Psalm 104:3,4) and so were not considered a breach of Exodus 20:4, since no man worshipped them.” (Cole)
“The ark was the place of atonement or propitiation, hence the place where God was rendered favorable to his people.” (Kaiser)
Romans 3:25 whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a showing forth of His righteousness, because of the forbearance of the sins having taken place beforehand,
Where is your place of atonement?
The cross is a place of atonement or propitiation, Jesus Christ will meet you there.
Blessings, David
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