The Mercy Seat
Today’s Reading: Exodus 25:17-22
Focal Verse: Exodus 25:22a
“And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat..”
In the ark was the law, and above the ark God’s glory would appear in a cloud. The only problem was, the law was being broken. In order to reconcile man to Himself, God provided the mercy seat – a covering for the ark where blood sacrifice would be made for sin so that God could speak to man.
The mercy seat, the place of grace in the tabernacle, was the foreshadowing of the incredible Grace of God to come. God has never changed and never will. He has always been the God of reconciliation.
Do you ever think about the fact that God is always the one to initiate reconciliation? How incredible that the One who is holy and pure reaches down to reconcile with imperfect beings. Spend time worshipping Him for this aspect of His character.
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