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In Exodus 25. God instructs Moses to build something called "the ark of the covenant".
Exod 25:10; "They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exod 25:11; "You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Exod 25:12; "You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.
Exod 25:13; "You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Exod 25:14; "You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
Exod 25:15; "The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
Exod 25:16; "You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
Exod 25:17; "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Exod 25:18; "You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exod 25:19; "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
Exod 25:20; "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.
Exod 25:21; "You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
Exod 25:22; "There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
In verse 17 God tells him to make something on the ark called a "mercy seat". This is this first time the mercy seat is mentioned in the Bible. verse 21 says the mercy seat was "on top of the ark". This was between two cherubim (angels).
We aren't really told all the details here yet, but in verse 22 God says "There I will meet with" (and from above the mercy seat between the two cherubim).
In Exodus 26 God tells them to build a tabernacle. (temple, house of God) and gives them very specific instructions on how to do this.
Exod 26:32; "You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Exod 26:33; "You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Exod 26:34; "You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.
Exod 26:35; "You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
There was a place called "the Holy place, but in the center of this was a veil (curtain) around another area called the "holy of holies". The ark of the covenant with the mercy seat was in the holy of holies.
We see this phrase again...
Exod 30:6; "You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
"where I will meet you".
of course all of this was in the old testament.... what does this have to do with Jesus?
... to be continued ...
Exod 25:10; "They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exod 25:11; "You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Exod 25:12; "You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.
Exod 25:13; "You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Exod 25:14; "You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
Exod 25:15; "The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
Exod 25:16; "You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
Exod 25:17; "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Exod 25:18; "You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exod 25:19; "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
Exod 25:20; "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.
Exod 25:21; "You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.
Exod 25:22; "There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
In verse 17 God tells him to make something on the ark called a "mercy seat". This is this first time the mercy seat is mentioned in the Bible. verse 21 says the mercy seat was "on top of the ark". This was between two cherubim (angels).
We aren't really told all the details here yet, but in verse 22 God says "There I will meet with" (and from above the mercy seat between the two cherubim).
In Exodus 26 God tells them to build a tabernacle. (temple, house of God) and gives them very specific instructions on how to do this.
Exod 26:32; "You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Exod 26:33; "You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Exod 26:34; "You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.
Exod 26:35; "You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
There was a place called "the Holy place, but in the center of this was a veil (curtain) around another area called the "holy of holies". The ark of the covenant with the mercy seat was in the holy of holies.
We see this phrase again...
Exod 30:6; "You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
"where I will meet you".
of course all of this was in the old testament.... what does this have to do with Jesus?
... to be continued ...