“Praise God from whom all blessings flow;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host’Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.” “For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations” (Psalm 100:5 NKJV). His mercy is everlasting. Nothing I build is everlasting. Nothing I purchase is everlasting. Things wear out and decay. Men’s governments rise and fall. The world and all worldly things will one day pass away. Absolutely nothing in this world is everlasting except a person’s soul, which one day is to go to its “home of everlastingness” (Ecclesiastes 12:5 Adam Clarke Commentary reference). God’s mercy is everlasting! One can neither exhaust it nor outlive it. In fact, one could not even exist without it. The Psalmist wrote, “Great are Thy mercies, O Lord” (Psalm 119:156 NASB). Over thirty times in the psalms you will find the expression, “For His mercy endures forever.” Throughout the Mosaic period, from the giving of the Law of Moses in Exodus to the close of the Gospel records in the New Testament, the Jews were kept aware of the wonderful mercy of God. His laws have always been tempered with mercy. In the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple, the gold lid or cover of the Ark of the Covenant beneath the wings of the gold cherubim was called the “Mercy Seat” or “kapporeth.” This word means “propitiation” or “appeasement.” The Ark was located in the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle first and later in