KEY SCRIPTURE: Exo 25:17 KJV “And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof”.

The Lord asked Moses to make a mercy seat. It was the center of the upper cover of the Ark. He called it the mercy seat because it was the place where the high priest always presented the blood of the sacrifice. Lev 16:14 KJV” And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times”. Whenever the blood of sacrifice was offered, the presence of God appeared above the mercy seat as fire, and the Lord spoke to the high priest from that fire.

What is our relation to the mercy seat as the living Ark of God? Please note that the Lord did not talk about the power seat, grace seat, love seat, but the mercy seat. Mercy is when, by our actions, we deserve to be punished, but God overlooks our mistakes to accept and even blesses us.

This mercy seat clearly shows us that men are naturally sinners who would need a lot of mercy.

One area to demonstrate our mercy is through intercession.

Intercession is not a special ministry. Every Christian is an intercessor. Every Christian is a priest. Rev 1:6 KJV And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Dear reader, one of the reasons the Christian cannot marry two and take girlfriends is that we are the living Ark of God as well as priests unto God. Our relationship to God was never known by anyone under the old covenant

A heart of intercession is a seat of mercy, where we feel the weight of the sins, destruction, pain, and failure of humanity. It is very unfortunate when the church and people of God become so selfish and pray for themselves only. We’ve got to be filled with great mercy. The secret of a merciful heart is a heart filled with love for God and holiness. This is a product of dedication to God Jas 3:17 KJV But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

PRAYER

Father, our world is hurting, lost in sin, and living in fear. stir in me the desire to know you to the point that your passion of love also fills me to show the same mercy to mankind

FURTHER STUDIES

Isaiah 59:16 KJV” And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.”

Isaiah 53:12 KJV” Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”