Name of God-He Sits Between Cherubim

Name Of God: Who Sits Between The Cherubim

We can be taught a lot by a study of the names of God.  The name tells us who, what, when, where, how, and more concerning His purpose and activities.  Basically these names identify Him for who He is and What he does &/or will do. 

The activity of the mercy seat is fulfilled in the ‘day of atonement’ – which is the day/time that Jesus gives up his life on the cross for us.   The day of the atonement for the “sins” of the world.

Read below the Bible on “The Day of Atonement”  –  Leviticus 16:1-14

The Name Of God – He who sets above the two Cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. 

Read: Ex. 25:10-22

Ex. 25:22 – “I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim”

There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.  esv

Numbers 7:89 – “above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim”

⁸⁹ And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him. -esv

1 Samuel 4:4 – Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim

 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.   esv

2 Samuel 6:2 –  Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim

² And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.  esv

2 Kings 19:15 – “Enthroned above the Cherubim”

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.  esv

The Day of Atonement  –  Leviticus 16:1-14

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, ² and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. ³ But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. ⁴ He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. ⁵ And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

⁶ “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. ⁷ Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁸ And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel. ⁹ And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering, ¹⁰ but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.

¹¹ “Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself. ¹² And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil ¹³ and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die. ¹⁴ And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. ^[1]

^[1] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Le 16:1–14). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles. sdprio