For the Jews life revolved around the Tabernacle and the Laws of Moses – their worship, as stated before, was centred on the Tabernacle, and they offered sacrifices according to Divine regulations.
If Jesus is proven to be superior to Aaron, and to Moses, then logic must stand to reason that He has also given us a superior Tabernacle, a superior law, and a superior Sacrifice. He has given us a superior Covenant.
1 Corinthians 11:25:
25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
In Hebrews 8 we read the following regarding Christ:
6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Hebrews 8:6)
Christ said, in another place, that He did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it – to put the law in our minds, and write it on the tablets of our hearts.
Christ sealed a new covenant with His blood – a contract – and through this contract He has with us, we are free. We are free from the burden of the law, that is to say – the law has no condemning power over us, but the law has now become a part of us.
The law revealed God’s ways, and His will to man, and Christ sums it up saying – a new commandment I give unto you – love God and love one another as I have loved you!
Once we accept Christ and receive His Spirit, His law is put on our minds, and the more we hunger and thirst for righteousness, the more it is written on our hearts.
This new covenant is superior to the old one, just as Christ’s priesthood is superior to Aaron’s.
We read in Hebrews 9:1: that the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service – God’s regulations regarding sacrifices and worship – as well as an earthly sanctuary.
The Tabernacle consisted of two Holies – the first containing the candlestick, the table and the showbread – this one being called the Sanctuary.
The second was the Holiest of all – the place where God’s presence lived.
On a daily basis the priests would do their duties in the court and in the sanctuary, but once a year the High Priest would enter into the Holiest of Holies to offer an offering for his sins and for the sins of his people.
He entered the Holiest of all, once a year, never without blood.
Christ, being our High Priest, and of a superior Tabernacle, entered into the Holiest of all but once, and not with the blood of an animal, but with His own.
He entered into the Holiest place, but once, and paid for our sins forever.
Because of all of this, He is the mediator of the New Covenant that we have in His blood.
In Isaiah 1:18-19: we read:
18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Hebrews 10:4:
4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
We find that God has promised to wash our sins away! He has promised to make that which was as scarlet as white as snow, and to make that which is as crimson as wool.
He has promised to purify and cleanse us, but the blood of bulls and goats only covered the sin – the blood of Christ washes away, cleans and purifies.
Christ is the superior sacrifice – He is the spotless Lamb of God, and through His blood our sins are washed away, through His wounds our infirmities are healed, and in His sorrow He bore our burdens.
Glory to the Lord Christ Jesus – our High Priest, the Superior Sacrifice through whom we partake in the Superior Covenant.
Hebrews 10:22:
22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Our sins were as scarlet, but now are white as snow.