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To: unlearner

I doubt you could produce a single Biblical Commentary, published by a reputable publisher, that would deny that references to God sitting between the Cherubim are references to the Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Covenant.

Take 1 Samuel 4:4, for example: “So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.”

And then 1 Chronicles 13:6:

“And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed.”

See the pattern?


24 posted on 01/01/2016 1:43:25 PM PST by crumudgeonous
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To: crumudgeonous

“God sitting between the Cherubim are references to the Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Covenant”

Yes, I am aware that God did meet man at the mercy seat. Are you aware that the mercy seat is a picture of the REAL place where God dwells? Are you aware that the Cherubim only represent real beings who are present at God’s real throne in Heaven?

Do you think that God comes down in His glory and meets people who set up religious icons to pray toward? I do not think He does this.

I can certainly get down on my knees anywhere and pray. There is nothing wrong with doing so. If it happens to be at a chair or sofa, I am not bowing or praying toward the chair or sofa even it is where I am facing. But when someone hangs a picture or sets up a statue and bows and prays toward it, it is committing an act specifically forbidden by God, no matter how well-meaning that person is. Advocating doing this is doing the works of Balaam.

What is so evil about this false doctrine is that people such as yourself not only do these acts but command others to do them against God’s commands. If someone merely did these things in secret, it would be an egregious error. Doing them openly is far worse. And forcing others into taking part in these abominations is wickedness that cries to Heaven for judgment. And that judgment will come. And those who have repeatedly hardened their hearts and stopped their ears to the truth will receive the greatest judgment.


28 posted on 01/01/2016 2:02:10 PM PST by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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