ADDRESSES ON ROMANS
received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (I Pet. 1:18,19). The value of this ransom in Christ is estimated according to the excellency of His Person. And He is "holy. harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Heb. 7: 26). We must look to Him for the ransom of our souls. We must deal with Him directly to-find eternal redemption. CHRIST-OUR "MERCY SEAT" 3:25, 26 The basis on which God can justify a man is set forth in verse 25: "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood." "Propitiation" means "mercy seat" (Heb. 9:5). But what does this mean as applied to Christ? The mercy seat was the golden lid over the ark of the covenant, in which the two tables of stone were kept. Between the two cherubim on, either side of the ark was the Shekinah Glory, the manifested glory of God; for He dwelt above the mercy seat. This was in the Holy of Holies, where the high priest went once a year, on the Day of Atonement, to sprinkle the blood of the sin~offering on the mercy seat. It was on the ground of this sprinkled blood that God Diet the sinner and showed mercy. In other words, the mercy seat was the meet~ ing place between God and the high priest, who represented the people. (See Exodus 25: 22.) When the Son of God died on Calvary, the veil of the / temple was rent in twain from top to bottom. No human hand could do this. It was rent in the midst, and immediately the mercy seat was disclosed. The rent veil opened the way to the mercy seat. (See Heb. 10: 19~22.) Now all the pieces of furniture in the Jewish tabernacle were pictures of Christ, and foreshadowed His atoning work on Calvary. The ark was a picture of Christ. Just as the tables of stone were hidden in the ark, so Christ couid say. "Thy law is within my heart." And in His death He became [Page 53
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