A COVERING FOR SIN:
"THE MERCY SEAT"

MF Blume
December 1, 1996 am


Exodus 25:17-18 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Exodus 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.


THE OLD TESTAMENT IS FILLED WITH RITUALS FROM THE LAW OF MOSES WHICH ACTUALLY FORESHADOWED TRUTHS ABOUT JESUS WHICH WERE NOT REVEALED IN THOSE DAYS. GOD COMMANDED THE ISRAELITES TO OBEY THESE LAWS AND PERFORM THESE RITUALS WITH THE INTENTION OF SHOWING US, NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS IN JESUS, WONDERFUL TRUTHS ABOUT SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THESE SYMBOLS.


I. THE MERCY SEAT

II. CHERUBIMS ALSO SEEN ON VEIL OF THE TEMPLE

Exodus 26:31-34 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

III. CHERUBIMS WITHIN THE MOST HOLY PLACE

Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

IV. "BEASTS" IN REVELATION ARE CHERUBIMS

Revelation 4:6-7 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Genesis 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

V. "BEASTS" ARE THE REDEEMED

Revelation 5:8-9 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

VI. THE REDEEMED IN THE HOLY PLACE

The only way we can be with God again, and not die, is by the covering (mercy seat) Jesus made for our sins!!!

VII. "PROPITIATION"

Hebrews 9:4-5 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

"MERCYSEAT"

Derivation of .... "BE MERCIFUL"

"MERCIFUL"

CALAMITY: A disaster - state of great distress.

VERSES SPEAKING OF "PROPITIATION" [mercy seat]:

Romans 3:24-25 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation -{mercy seat} - [God be merciful in averting a calamity] through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

1 John 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation - {mercy seat} - [God be merciful in averting a calamity] for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Exodus 25:20-22And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

VIII. REMOVING THE MERCY SEAT

1 Samuel tells us that the Philistines captured the Ark and then sent the Ark back to Israel after experiencing some terrible plagues resulting from stealing the Ark. They sent it back on an ox cart led by milch kine and it went directly to the region of Bethshemesh. On it's way through there, the following event happened...

1 Sam 6:19-20 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Interpretation:

Every day we must look to the blood, as we cling to our hope to go to Heaven.

IX. MERCY AND NOT WORKS

WE MUST BELIEVE JESUS DIED IN OUR PLACE AND THEN LIVE FOR HIM IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO HEAVEN!

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

X. SOLID GOLD MERCY SEAT

Exodus 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Romans 4:7-8 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. When we look to the blood of Jesus in Faith, our sins are covered!

XI. MERCY "SEAT"

Hebrews 10:11-14 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

CHERUBIMS OF ONE PIECE WITH THE MERCY SEAT

Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Hebrews 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

XII. WHEN JESUS DIED, THE VEIL TORE OPEN

Mat 27:50-51 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

COME ON HOME!!!!

The Message of the Covering for Sin!