1The first promise included rules for worship and a tent for worship here on earth.
2 Then there was Aaron's walking stick that sprouted. Finally, there were the flat stones with the Ten Commandments written on them.
5 opened out above the place of mercy.
Now isn't the time to go into detail about these things.
6 He also went into a much better tent that wasn't made by humans and that doesn't belong to this world.
12Then Christ went once for all into the most holy place and freed us from sin forever. He did this by offering his own blood instead of the blood of goats and bulls.
13 consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.
15Christ died to rescue those who had sinned and broken the old agreement. Now he brings his chosen ones a new agreement with its guarantee of God's eternal blessings!
16In fact, making an agreement of this kind is like writing a will. This is because the one who makes the will must die before it is of any use.
17In other words, a will doesn't go into effect as long as the one who made it is still alive.
18Blood was also used to put the first agreement into effect.
19 and with water.
20He told the people, “With this blood God makes his agreement with you.”
21Lv 8.15. Moses also sprinkled blood on the tent and on everything else used in worship.
22Lv 17.11. The Law says that almost everything must be sprinkled with blood, and no sins can be forgiven unless blood is offered.
Christ's Great Sacrifice23These things are only copies of what is in heaven, and so they had to be made holy by these ceremonies. But the real things in heaven must be made holy by something better.
24This is why Christ did not go into a tent made by humans and was only a copy of the real one. Instead, he went into heaven and is now there with God to help us.
25Christ did not have to offer himself many times. He wasn't like a high priest who goes into the most holy place each year to offer the blood of an animal.
26If he had offered himself every year, he would have suffered many times since the creation of the world. But instead, near the end of time he offered himself once and for all, so he could be a sacrifice that does away with sin.
27We die only once, and then we are judged.
28Is 53.12. So Christ died only once to take away the sins of many people. But when he comes again, it will not be to take away sin. He will come to save everyone who is waiting for him.
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