[Yardstick]

I have in mind the ones you mentioned in your post.

To me the image of worshipping at his footstool is enough to get the meaning across. Clearly the footstool is a means of worship, not an object of worship.

In my opinion — I am no scholar by any stretch — you’d have to go out of your way to miss the meaning of this scripture.

[crumudgeonous]

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.

[Syncro]

To me the image of worshipping at his footstool is enough to get the meaning across. Clearly the footstool is a means of worship, not an object of worship.

Did you read the post you are responding to, especially the Biblical quote?

'The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.'

God is sitting between the cherubim.

It is God that was being worshiped because He was RIGHT THERE! Way cool.

There are no cherubim here, yet the icon is worshiped as if God is inside of it.