The Mercy Seat

Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

17. . . . And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold . . .

Exodus 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

The mercy seat symbolizes God's throne where He judges men's conduct, and His judgment is always a perfect balance of justice and mercy.

The mercy seat is a picture of Jesus Christ. It is through faith in the blood of Jesus that He becomes our mercy seat.

John 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate (defense attorney) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He is the propitiation (mercy seat) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

What can wash away my sins?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.