“whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Romans 3:25 KJV
Jesus’ God-given destiny was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now He is our mercy seat because of His death on the Cross. We come to Him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred Blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, He had been so patient—holding back His justice out of His tolerance for us. So He covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. The mercy seat becomes the sacrificial, redemptive work of Christ on the Cross. The mercy seat was the lid to the ark of the covenant, which was carried throughout the wilderness for years and finally found a home in the temple of Jerusalem. The “blood of mercy” was sprinkled on the mercy seat yearly on the Day of Atonement, which covered the sins of the people, until Jesus sprinkled His Blood on the mercy seat in the heavens. Only the high priest went into the holy of holies to sprinkle blood upon the mercy seat. Yet Jesus was publicly offered as the satisfaction for sin’s consequences. We come to the Lord Jesus for mercy in the new covenant as He is our propitiation through faith in His Blood. Hallelujah!
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