In the Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant was a symbol of God's presence with Israel. The Ark had a mercy seat made of gold (for divine righteousness) with two cherubim, one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end, with their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. (Exodus 25:10-22) And Mary saw the two angels in the tomb where Jesus had been laid, one angel at one end and the other angel at the other end!
The Ark of the Covenant contained the golden pot of manna (a symbol of Man's rejection of God's provision), the Rod of Aaron (a symbol of Man's rejection of God's leadership) and the two tablets of stone - the 10 commandments (a symbol of Man's rejection of God's standard of Holiness). The mercy seat covered all of man's sins and put man in right standing with God with the sprinkling of blood on the mercy seat by the high priest of Israel.
In the New Testament, JESUS is our mercy seat and He shed His blood for all our sins at the cross. His righteous blood now covers all our sins and unrighteousness and makes us righteous and acceptable before Abba Father Daddy God, that we may now stand in His presence and receive all His blessings and deliverance from ALL that is evil and bad in our lives :)
The Old Testament is God concealed and the New Testament is God revealed!
Give our Lord JESUS all the praise :)
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