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We have a High Priest who ministers not in an earthly tent but in heaven itself, seated at God’s right hand. Every priest offers gifts and sacrifices, but Christ serves in the true tabernacle, the pattern from which Moses’s earthly copy was made. His ministry surpasses the old as reality surpasses shadow, for He mediates a better covenant founded on better promises. The first covenant was good but temporary; the new one is eternal and faultless.
Why it mattersPermalink
The old covenant prefigured what only Christ could accomplish: internal renewal and full forgiveness. Our heavenly High Priest makes possible direct fellowship with God, anchoring our endurance in His perfect mediation.
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Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven.