Exodus
37 There is a Mercy Seat for Us
There
were three entrances to the tabernacle. 1.
There was a gate through the linen fence that surrounded the tabernacle. 2.
There was an entrance which led into the Holy Place. 3. The third entrance led
into the Holy of Holies, where only the High Priest went once a year on the
great Day of Atonement and sprinkled blood on the mercy seat- which is what
made it a mercy seat. When believers went to worship God, they come into the
Holy Place. Confession, praise,
thanksgiving, intercession, making requests – these are the things that have to
do with worship. To serve Christ, you
cannot walk by the wisdom of the world but by the light of the Word of God.
The
tabernacle in the wilderness was always horizonal with the earth. It was set up on the flat surface of the
ground, with its pillars and boards fitting into the sockets they put
down. But when Christ came to pay the
price for our sin, He made the tabernacle perpendicular. The cross was the brazen altar where the Lamb
of God was offered for our sins. He died
down here to save us. But He returned to
heaven where He lives to keep us saved.
We do not go horizontally to God by going to a building or to a man, but
we look to heaven and go directly to Him -through Jesus Christ.
Do
you need to stand at the brazen altar and be saved? Are you a soiled Christian
who needs to confess your sins at the laver and be cleansed? Perhaps you are in
trouble, and you need mercy, grace, and help.
Well, there is a mercy seat for you today. Go there and accept the help that is waiting
for you. God wants to bless and guide
you.
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read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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