salvation to mankind. Jesus who came from the Father, preached and revealed to us the
Words of God. Jesus is the minister of a New Covenant and a Great High Priest.
(Heb.4:14,8:6-13)
God has put an end to the many sacrifices the priests had to performs daily and annually
for the remissions of sins the Israeliets had committed.
(Heb.7:18-22) The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced by which we draw near
to God. And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
"The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: 'You are a priest forever.'
"Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
One who has become a priest, not on the basis of the regulation as to his ancestry
but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. (v.16)
Day after day every priests stands and performs his religious duties again and again
he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the
right hand of God and since that time he waits for his enemeis to be made his footstool.
For by one sacrifice he has made perfect, forever those who are being made holy.
(Heb.10:11-13)
The gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the
worshiper. They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings,
external regulations applying until the time of the new order. (9:9-10)
But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls
and goats to take away sins. (10:3-4)
When Christ came as high priest of the good things that already here, he went through
the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, is not a
part of this creation.
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 eternal redemption. (9:11-12)
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may
receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them
free drom the sins committed under the first covenant. (v.16)
We have an altar from which those who minister at te tabernacle have no right to eat.
Who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set by the Lord, not by man. (13:10,8:2)
So this is the story of Easter, Jesus who came down from heaven and His purpose
is to suffer and to die for our sins so that we can enter to God and have life through Him.
But God did not abandon us God raised Jesus to life!
God is the last Adam, the new mediator of the New covenant, He has opened a new
way for us so that we can enter through a loving and a new relationship to God.
Think of the CROSS that Jesus has provided for us. He fullfilled it!
Jesus is the one whom God appointed to intercede for us.
So let's put our sin behind us and confess it to Him and enter a new life in Him.
You do not need to confess your sins to anybody but we have One and only
designated Priest by God and into Him we must confess.
May God bless you and pray that you made your decision to ask God to be the Lord
and Savior of your life!
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