The old covenant required annual sacrifices in the Holy of Holies offered by the high priest alone; the new covenant is mediated by
the heavenly high priest who offered himself once for all and entered into heaven.
2) Bringing about Christ as
heavenly high priest in order to sanctify the believer by announcing God's name of Father in the context of the Christian todi, i.e., the Eucharist.
The expiation of sin achieved by Jesus» priestly sacrificial death on the cross is brought to fulfilment in the Eucharist of which Jesus is
the heavenly high priest.
[15] In doing this in the context of the Eucharist Jesus
the heavenly high priest «sanctifies» the believer («the one sanctifying and those being sanctified are from one» - Heb2, 11).
In Heb 2,10 - 12 Jesus is portrayed as
the heavenly high priest (i.e., as he exists in his risen state) officiating at the Eucharist, and at 2,8b - 9 Jesus is portrayed as the heavenly victim (i.e., as he exists in the Eucharist).
Not exact matches
As a result, the literal and tangible sacrificial apparatus of the Jews became to the Christians symbolic of another kind of religious system altogether, whose temple is
heavenly, not earthly, whose
high priest once for all has entered the holy place of divine communion, where believing souls may follow him, (Hebrews 10:19) whose sacrifice is voluntary self - giving, and whose consequence is an open way for all to «draw nigh unto God.»
«Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the
heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and
high priest whom we confess.»
While the Jewish
high priest enters the earthly sanctuary in Jerusalem, Jesus Christ the
high priest has entered the
heavenly one — a temple made without hands.