The Most Holy Place (2)

The mercy-seat, it is plain, was a most complete revelation of the heart of God, of what He is by Himself and for His people in Christ. It was to this, therefore, that the symbol of His presence -- the cloud of glory -- attached itself. Here from out of this cloud God communicated His will to Moses, "And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking to him from off the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from...