Hebrews 8:1-6
The true High Priest ministers not in an earthly shadow but in the heavenly reality, securing a better covenant founded on better promises.
1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2 a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
The true High Priest ministers not in an earthly shadow but in the heavenly reality, securing a better covenant founded on better promises.
To declare that Christ ministers in the true heavenly sanctuary and mediates a better covenant enacted on better promises.
The Heavenly High Priest and the Better Covenant
Jesus is the enthroned heavenly high priest who mediates the promised better covenant, bringing true access, transformed hearts, knowledge of God, and final forgiveness.