Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
The ark is the chest where God's law, written by His finger, was to rest in the holiest place. Mark how careful preservation of those tables teaches us to treasure God's word, hiding it deep in our hearts as the ark was hidden in the Holy of Holies. Divine Providence guards His revelation in the church as faithfully as ever.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:10-22
The mercy seat covering the ark where God's law resides shows that mercy flows only through righteousness and satisfaction to God's law. Christ is that mercy seat, standing between God and His violated law as our mediator; by fulfilling it He has covered our sins and silenced its accusations against us.
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Exo 25:19 “Out of the capporeth shall ye make the cherubs at its two ends,” i.e., so as to form one whole with the capporeth itself, and be inseparable from it.