the head and one at the feet of where the body of Jesus had been lying (John 20:11–12). The holy Ark of the Covenant was the most sacred piece of furniture in the temple of Israel. It represented nothing less than the throne of the living God (Ps 22:3, 80:1). God spoke in an audible voice to man between the cherubim of glory (Numb 7:89), just as He had spoken to Adam in the garden. The cherubim angels looked down in wonder at the mercy seat, where the High Priest sprinkled the blood that propitiated
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