Do you remember the ark of the covenant of the Lord? Just to refresh your memory, real fast. Let me show you the ark of the covenant. The top part is made of solid gold. The entire piece is made of solid gold, okay? And the bottom part is made of acacia wood, which is a wood that is incorruptible. Wood is always a picture of humanity and it’s a picture of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And then it’s overlaid with gold. You can’t see the wood now because it’s overlaid with gold. So Jesus is 100 percent human and is 100 percent God. A lot of errors about the person of Jesus is either we see Him just as man or just as God. No, He is 100 percent human, 100 percent man, and 100 percent God. Amen.
So the mercy seat is the solid slab of gold on top of it. What is it covering? That’s the mercy seat and that’s where the high priest of Israel goes in once a year with the blood of animals to sprinkle on the mercy seat. Where he is standing, in front of the mercy seat, he sprinkles seven times. But on the mercy seat, he sprinkles once with the blood.
What does that tell us? Seven times in front is our position before God. Seven is the number of perfection. We have perfect standing through the blood of Jesus Christ before the Father today. We can come boldly to the throne of grace. The throne of judgment has become the throne of grace because of the blood of Jesus sprinkled on the mercy seat.
Hallelujah. And God is there, with all His power and glory. to come and work on our behalf. Amen. To bring breakthroughs. Amen. Deliverance in our lives, to fight for us. Amen. To be a Father over us, to care for us. Hallelujah. To bring His power to bear upon our situation. We can come boldly to obtain grace. Amen.
You can come boldly! Amen. And not be afraid. Amen. So what does it cover? What does the mercy seat cover? What’s inside this box, this ark of the covenant? We see these three items. And all these three items represent man’s rebellion against God. They were given on the occasions of man’s rebellion. Of course, we know that man complained and murmured against the provisions of God, which is the manna.
