Exo Msg 87

1. Propitiatory cover signifies Christ as the cover of God's righteous law and also the place where God speaks to His redeemed people in grace.
2. The cover is made of pure gold, signifying Christ's divine nature; the size signifies a testimony.
3. As the ark, Christ is God's testimony.
4. If Christ were only God and not man, only the Creator and not a creature, He would not be all-inclusive.
5. The cherubim (glory) were made of beaten work, signifying that Christ's expression of the divine glory was through sufferings.
6. The cherubim shows that God's glory is upon Christ.
7. The blood from the sacrifices at the outer court was brought to the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the ark.
8. The blood shed on Calvary has been brought into the Holy of Holies and sprinkled on the propitiatory cover.
9. The blood accomplished redemption and enabled God to meet with man and speak with man from between the cherubim.
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