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When the Mercy Seat Was Fulfilled
While reading John 20 today, something stood out to me that I had never noticed so deeply before.
John records that Mary looked into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet of where Jesus’ body had lain, with the space between them empty.
At first glance, it seems like a simple detail. But then my mind went back to Exodus 25:17-22, the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant. Two cherubim, one at each end, with the mercy seat in the middle where the blood of sacrifice was sprinkled once a year for the sins of the people.
The mercy seat was the place where mercy and justice met.
The place of atonement.
The place where God said, “There I will meet with you.”
But it was always temporary.
Year after year, sacrifice after sacrifice.
Then comes the tomb.
Two angels.
One at the head.
One at the feet.
And the space in the middle empty.
No body.
No blood.
Because the sacrifice had already been accepted.
The mercy seat in Exodus was never the final reality. It was always pointing forward to Jesus.
Hebrews tells us that under the old covenant the priests stood daily ministering because the work was never finished. But Jesus, after offering Himself once for all, sat down at the right hand of the Father.
You only sit when the work is complete.
The angels were sitting because redemption had been accomplished.
The cross was enough.
The grave was empty.
The veil was torn.
Access to the Father was opened.
The empty space between the angels was not absence.
It was a declaration.
The mercy seat was a promise to come.
The empty tomb was its proof.
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When the Mercy Seat Was Fulfilled
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