Now let's bring together everything we have learned about Yahushua and his priesthood. Here is the most important point. We have a High Priest who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven. Yahushua serves in the true heavenly sanctuary, the sacred tabernacle established by Yahuah himself, not built by human hands. Under the Torah, every High Priest was appointed to present gifts and sacrifices before Elohim. And because Yahushua is also our High Priest, he too must have something to offer. But his priesthood is different from the earthly priesthood. If Yahushua were serving here on earth, he would not be a priest under the existing Levitical system. That is because the Torah already appointed priests who present offerings according to its requirements. Those earthly priests served in a sanctuary that was a copy and a shadow of the heavenly sanctuary. Remember when Moses was preparing to build the tabernacle in the wilderness. Yahuah warned him to make everything exactly according to the pattern he had been shown on the mountain. That earthly tabernacle was modeled after something greater. And now Yahushua serves in that greater heavenly ministry. His priesthood is more excellent because he is the mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises. Now we need to understand why another covenant was necessary. If the first covenant had accomplished everything required of it, there would have been no reason to establish a second. But Yahuah found fault with the people who had failed to remain faithful to their covenant. So he made a promise through the prophets. The days are coming, says Yahuah, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Notice who this promise is made to. The house of Israel and the house of Judah. Yahuah explains that this new covenant will not be like the covenant he made with their ancestors when he took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. Those ancestors did not remain faithful to the covenant they had entered. And because they broke that covenant, Yahuah turned away from them. But now listen carefully to what he promises. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahuah. I will place my laws within their minds, and I will write them upon their hearts. I will be their Elohim, and they will be my people. Think about what that means. His laws will not simply be something written down for people to read. They will be placed within the minds and hearts of his people. And Yahuah continues his promise. No longer will everyone need to tell their neighbor or their brother to know Yahuah. Because they will all know me, from the least among them to the greatest. I will show mercy toward their unrighteousness. And their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now we can understand why this covenant is called new. By announcing a new covenant, Yahuah has declared the former covenant old. And something that has become old and is growing outdated is approaching the time when it will disappear. That is how this chapter ends. We have learned that Yahushua serves as our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. He is the mediator of the better covenant promised to Israel and Judah. And at the heart of that promise, Yahuah declares that his laws will be written upon the minds and hearts of his people. His people will know him, and he will remember their sins no more.
