Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me

 Good morning. Talking about Jesus our high priest: He does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever. This repeats what we've said before. And so we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary, and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. Everything on earth concerning the law was a foreshadow of what was to come in heaven. As great as it was, it was nothing compared to what was to come. They served a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. But even though everything was a copy, Moses could not be sloppy in his creation of them. God told him to make it according to the pattern that He had shown him on the mountain. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. Moses and Aaron had great ministries and they served a great covenant; but the covenant that we have is better and is based on better promises. Man needs a set of standards by which he lives. Without them, he is lawless. Problem was that man was trying to live it in his own power. The set of standards which we have is higher, but we cannot live them on our own – we need the Holy Spirit to do it. Father thank You that we have a better covenant, and a better high priest. Thank You for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit Who helps us live according to those very high standards.