If you have study the Jewish tradition or read the old testament of the BIBLE you would know what a High Priest is. A High Priest is the only person who could enter into the Most Holy Place in the Jewish temple. He also represent the rest of the people who have brought sacrifices for their sins. The High Priest first have to sacrifice an offering for himself and one for the other before he can enter the Most Holy Place where the tabernacle of Moses was placed. AKA the Ten Commandments. And he can only do this once a year. The offerings could be a goat, lamb, or birds. But because the covenant of the people of Israel and Moses has faults in it because the people didn't hold on to the covenant, God has to make a new covenant, one that will last forever and that would be perfect in every way. That covenant is Jesus Christ. See how the High Priest of old have to sacrifice an animal for their sins, Jesus Christ make the ultimate Sacrifice; Himself, at the cross in Calvary. God already prophesy this long ago before Jesus was even born: Hebrews 8:8-12: 8 But God found fault with the people and said[b]:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”[c]
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”[c]
God is awesome in every way because he already have plans in place for all circumstances that will happen.
In Hebrews 9:11-14 Tells us how Jesus Christ is the Ultimate High Priest:
11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[c] so that we may serve the living God!
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