But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. (12) Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood. He entered the most holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. (13) For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, , sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, (14)how much more shall the blood of Christ , who through the eternal Spirit offered offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (15) And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

The author of the letter to the Hebrews is unknown. Our verses today are addressed to Jewish Christians who were experiencing social and physical persecutions from both Jews and Gentiles. They needed renewal of conscience and exhortation to persevere in their Christian faith. Their reluctance in the face of persecution to sever their last ties with a religion that was ineffectual but was protected by Roman law was potentially spiritually fatal. The Old Covenant sacrificial system was temporary and an imperfect way of pointing to Christ. The old system provided limited access to God with limited and external regulations for the body; temporary because it had to be repeated annually. The Old Covenant had a sanctuary and a ritual – a defective ritual.

The author then goes on to prepare us for the significance of a new sacrifice. All find their completion in the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible declares that God has provided a remedy for guilt and sin in the redemptive work of Christ Jesus. Christ provides complete access to God and redemption /salvation through the voluntary shedding of His blood. He secured our redemption on the cross once for all. The author is showing the complete supremacy and finality of the blood of Christ over the old system. The penalty for sin has been paid and there is nothing that can be added to what Christ did. Our Lord has come through the heavenly tabernacle and has become the High Priest of good things that have come. He was in His slaying the sacrifice of God, voluntarily accomplished by Him once and for all having obtained eternal redemption for us. He represents the ones who believe in Him – for His elect people. This is the center of the Divine plan, the purchase by sacrifice,

Israel’s redemption was a yearly redemption. The sacrifices of the of the Old Covenant were ineffectual. The old system provided limited access to God. In strong contrast Christ made an offering that secures a redemption for the faithful, valid for all eternity and with complete access to God.