God comforts us by the oath He made to Christ, appointing Him our high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Because He is perfect, Christ is so far superior to all other priests, who sin and die in their sins.
That is why Jesus could offer Himself as the perfect sacrifice that takes away our sin.
Christ intercedes in the majesty of Heaven for us, not in the shabby earthly tabernacles constructed by men. He fulfills the types and shadows of the Mosaic / Aaronic system.
Fundamental to the duties of a priest, are the gifts and sacrifices they offer to God for the people.
Under the law, Christ was not allowed to offer up animal sacrifices, as those had already been assigned to Aaron.
Therefore, in order to fulfill God's oath to Christ, promising His eternal priesthood, it was necessary that Christ have a better offering to bring unto God. That He did, when He offered up Himself as our sacrifice!
Because Christ has obtained a better priesthood, He is the mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises.
The old Mosaic covenant was based upon the promise, obey the law, and live. But nobody could ever obey the law, and thus they all died.
But the better, New covenant is based upon the promise of God to His people, to write His law in their hearts, to conform them to Himself, to forgive their crimes, and to refuse to remember their sins against them anymore!
The better, New covenant that Christ mediates, was sealed by His blood at Calvary!
Jesus told His disciples at the Lord's Supper, that His was the blood of the New covenant, shed for many for the forgiveness of sin.
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John Pittman Hey was born in 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi, to Godly parents who from the beginning raised him in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. With child-like faith he came to Christ on his fourth birthday at his mother's knee. He received his education at church...
