Jesus, Our High Priest

God set up two covenants to deal with the sins of mankind; the first covenant in the Old Testament, which relied upon priests from the tribe of Levi, to be the mediator between unholy men and the Most Holy God. They first had to offer sacrifices for themselves, to ensure that they didn’t die due to their own uncleanness before carrying out the sacrifices that could only symbolically and temporarily address the sins of others.

But, in Hebrews Chapter 7, we read of a better covenant. One in which the Lord Jesus is our High Priest, and He does not need to cleanse himself before touching the lives of others, nor is He subject to sin, disease and death, ever.