Who were the cherubim in the tabernacle and where did their wings meet?
The cherubim were two angelic-like beings whose wings literally met over the middle of the little box made of pure beaten gold. They indicated a covering of God's mercy, and God's mercy is the only thing that could answer to what was in the box, the law.
Les teaches that the cherubim were two angelic-like beings, and their wings literally met over the middle of that little box, pure beaten gold. He explains that those cherubim indicated, he thought, a covering of God's mercy. God's mercy is the only thing that could answer to what was in the box, and that was the law. The law is so demanding, and the only way anyone can come close to satisfying its demand is in God's mercy, which is why there is the mercy seat.