ng to the _appointments_ of the tabernacle, we naturally begin
with the _inner_ sanctuary. Here between the wings of the cherubim that
overshadowed the mercy-seat, or lid of the ark, was the _Shekinah_, or
visible dwelling-place of Jehovah. In the ark beneath the mercy-seat
were placed, by God's direction, the two tables of the law. Exod. 25:16
compared with 1 Kings 8:9. This was their appropriate place. It shadowed
forth the great truth that God is the fountain of law, and that they who
approach him must come in the spirit of true obedience.

That God's dwelling-place was between the cherubim we learn from
the original direction for the construction of the ark: "And
thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there
will I meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above
the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the
ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in
commandment unto the children of Israel." Exod. 25:21, 22. In
accordance with these words God repeatedly promised that he
would meet with Moses at the mercy-seat (Exod. 30:36; Lev. 16:2;
Numb. 17:4); and after the dedication of the tabernacle and its
altar, it is recorded that "when Moses was gone into the
tabernacle of the congregation to speak with Him, then he heard
the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat that
was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim."
Numb. 7:89. Hence Jehovah is described in the Old Testament as
he that dwells between the cherubim. 1 Sam. 4:4; 2 Sam. 6:2; 2
Kings 19:15; Psa. 80:1; 99:1; Isa. 37:16.

10. In the _outer_ sanctuary, before the vail that separated it from the
holy of holies, stood, on the south side, the _golden candlestick_, with
its seven lamps burning always before the Lord (Exod. 27:20; 40:24, 25;
Lev. 24:25), and on the north side the _table of show-bread_, with its
twelve loaves renewed every week (Exod. 25:30; 40:22, 23; Lev. 24:5-9).
These typified the light and the life that come from God's presence
through the ordinances of his appointment; and since the end of these
ordinances is Jesus Christ, they shadowed him forth as the light of the
world and the bread of life. John 8:12; 12:46; 6:35-58; and especially
John 1:4. Between the golden candlestick and the table of show-bread,
consequently dir