I don't know about anyone else, but I need a constant redeemer. I need someone to stand on my behalf day and night. My sins could not be atoned for by a one time sacrificial lamb being slaughtered in the temple by an earthly priest. My sins require atonement on an ongoing basis. Thank God, he provided constant intercession in the form of his Son.
Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. - Heb. 8:26-28 NIV
Jesus Christ was what none of the other earthly, priests before or since, could ever hope to be, a perfectly acceptable High Priest.
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