Ex 25:22 "There (at the mercy seat) I will meet with you;"
The mercy seat is the lid or the covering of the ark. It was there that the blood was sprinkled by the high priest once a year.
It is called the place of propitiation or the place of satisfaction. God’s holiness, justice and wrath against sinners demand satisfaction. And it could only be satisfied by the death of a sacrifice.
You see, His holiness, justice, and wrath demand the death penalty. When the high priest comes in to offer his sacrifice and sprinkle it on the mercy seat or the lid or the covering of the ark, there, at that point, God’s holiness, justice and wrath against sin was symbolically satisfied. And at that point, the place becomes a seat of mercy.
Man was separated from God because of sin. Many are attempting to connect with God through their sacrifices, good works, their man-made religion etc…all in vain.
The mercy seat or the place of propitiation was a symbol of Calvary and what the Savior did there when His blood was shed. The only appointed point of contact between God and Man is the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s mercy seat. It is the only place where God promised fallen and sinful man: “There I will meet with you. I will be patiently waiting for you there.”
My friend, come to Christ. Come to Calvary in faith, where He shed His blood for you, and be reconciled to God through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.
