Mercy Seat

Over the Ark of the covenant was the mercy seat. We are told that it was between the cherubim on the Mercy seat that God would commune with man. The New Testament word propitiation that is used in Romans 3:25 and I John is the same word. The word propitiation means the act of becoming favourably inclined. Romans uses the word to refer to Christ Jesus. He is our propitiation, our mercy seat, the place where we can commune with God.