Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
Hebrews 8.1-2
Jesus, the true and final priest, stands between us and God. He is the intermediary who makes us right with God and prays for us to God. Jesus is not an ordinary, weak, sinful, dying priest like in the Old Testament days. He is the Son of God-strong, sinless, with an indestructible life.
Not only that, he does not minister in an earthly Tabernacle, with all its limitations of place and size and wearing out and being moth-eaten and being soaked and burned, and torn and stolen. No, verse 2 says Christ is ministering for us in "the true tabernacles up by the Lord , not by a mere human being." This is the real thing in heaven. This is what cast its shadow on Mount Sinai when the law was given to Moses.
Furthermore, Jesus, out High Priest, is seated at the right hand of the of the Majesty in heaven. No Old Testament priest could ever say that.
Jesus deals directly with God, the Father. He has a place of honor beside God. He is loved and respected infinitely by God. Jesus is constantly with God. This is not shadow reality like curtains and bowls and tables and candles and robes and tassels and sheep and goats and pigeons. This is the final, ultimate reality: God and his Son interacting in love and holiness for our eternal salvation.
The three persons of the Godhead are in relationship, dealing with each other concerning how their majesty and holiness and love and justice and goodness and truth shall be manifested in a redeemed people.
This is an excerpt from 'Joy to the World-Daily Readings for Advent' by John Piper.
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