You didn’t answer the question. Clearly, saying God sits between the cherubim is a reference to the mercy seat on the Ark... there is no question about it. Given that, when it talks later about the “footstool of His feet”, and especially in light of the many references to the Ark being the footstool of God’s feet, there is no question that this is referring to the Ark again. And so when it it says “bow before the footstool of His feet”, this is saying to bow before the Ark. Even if the Ark was in the Holy of Holies, the Israelites knew it was there, and this was the focus of their worship... they prayed in this direction, and Knew that God was specially present there.
Okay, thanks buddy. You’re just as nutty as the other guy I was responding to.
I swear, the challenge with religion is trying to find one whose adherents don’t annoy you to death.