Friday, November 21, 2008

Jesus’ Blood Is On The Mercy Seat

Jesus’ Blood Is On The Mercy Seat


Leviticus 16:14
14He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

If you have watched the movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, you would remember that when the lid of the ark was lifted, strange-looking creatures floated out and destroyed the people around it. Interesting as it may be, this is biblically inaccurate — the ark of the Bible did not contain strange-looking creatures. What were the things inside it then?

There were three items in the ark: the golden pot of manna, Aaron’s rod and two stone tablets on which God had written the Ten Commandments. (Hebrews 9:4) These items are actually symbols of man’s rebellion. The golden pot of manna represents man’s rejection of God’s provision. The rod of Aaron represents man’s rejection of God’s leadership and the two stone tablets of God’s commandments represent man’s rejection of His standard of holiness.

But because God delights in mercy, He had these items put away in the ark and covered with the mercy seat, which had two cherubim on it. (Hebrews 9:5) And once a year, the high priest would enter the holy of holies where the ark was and sprinkle the blood of the animal sacrifice on the mercy seat. This means that God’s eyes, represented by the eyes of the cherubim, did not see the symbols of man’s rebellion. As long as the blood was there on the mercy seat, He saw only the blood and accepted the people.

Today, Jesus is our High Priest and He Himself has sprinkled His own blood on the true mercy seat in heaven — the throne of grace. (Hebrews 9:23–26) Interestingly, the number of times that the Old Testament high priest had to sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat — seven — speaks of Jesus’ perfect sacrifice. And because His sacrifice is perfect and He is perfect, we who are in Christ have perfect standing forever before God!

My friend, as you come to God today, don’t worry about falling short of His standard of holiness. He does not see your sins. (Hebrews 8:12, 10:17) He sees His Son’s blood on the mercy seat. You have perfect standing before Him forever!

(Joseph Prince devotional)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

socks, tee hee hee

amen, to the message. Church this Sunday?
walkonby.wordpress.com

Emi's said...

I stayed up just for these socks.

I watched that Indiana Jones movie and some ka other movie called monster of the ark where it was some dooms day creature that came out and had to be restrained but of course I know this is purely for entertainment. You've accurately placed it

Unknown said...

@walkonby: I need to go to Church. Sunday definitely.
Congs...you've just made it to my blogroll, but your last post is like Oct 28th?!! My socks are nice, enjoy them.

@Emi: Sorry man for missing the socks. A correction, this is Joseph Prince man, not me. Wabula those movies...hehe..

Anonymous said...

amen

Petite Femme said...

If memory serves me right, the ark had animals...in two...the manna, Aaron's rod and commandments were on Mt Sinai.

Am I right or am I right?

Anonymous said...

Touching message. Thank you.

Unknown said...

Miss Cheri, there is Noah's ark and then there is the ark of the covenant.

The ark of the covenant had the above mentioned items...