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Post by jericanman on Dec 5, 2015 11:33:37 GMT
The Ark as a Footstool
There are no verses that say indisputably that the Ark is a footstool, but there are some which imply it "" a view that naturally arises if the the Ark depicts a throne. And as Professor Menahem Haran notes in his book (p. 254), if the kapporet and cherubim are the throne of God, then the Ark "" meaning the chest "" must be the the footstool, what else? He further argues (p. 255) that it is not logical to conceive of any throne without a footstool.
Here are some verses seeming to say or imply that the Lord's throne has a footstool.
I Chronicles 28:2: Possibly the Ark is God's footstool. Psalms 99:5: People shall bow before God's footstool. Psalms 132:7; 8: Same as above, and moreover this psalm deals with the procession of the Ark. Isaiah 66:1: The Lord says, "heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool."
If the heavenly throne has a footstool (the earth), the Ark -throne must have one also. But how or where?
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