And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
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
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood,.... As the sanctuary or tabernacle was an house for God to dwell in, he would have the proper furniture of an house, as a table, candlestick, &c. This table was to be in the same place with the ark and mercy seat; they were set in the holy of holies, where there were nothing else; but...
The cherubim spread their wings to screen the mercy seat with their faces turned toward it, inclining downward. Through this arrangement and God's promise to speak from above the mercy seat, the ark became His throne in the midst of Israel, founded upon the covenant tables to show that His kingdom rests upon justice and righteousness.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:20-22