Today's short thoughts come from Hebrews 8:2 where the author continues speaking of Jesus our high priest, "a minister in the sanctuary, and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man." Not only is our High Priest unique, so is this place where He ministers.
The sanctuary, the true tabernacle that he writes of had never been entered by any other high priest. Unlike the tabernacle on earth which had been pitched by men, this one had been pitched by the Lord Himself. It is in heaven. High priest after high priest had served in the tabernacle on earth but only One would enter to minister as high priest in the "true tabernacle".
While on earth Jesus never entered the earthly tabernacle to serve as high priest. But as He was crucified for our sins, the curtain that separated the holy place from the holy of holies was torn in two from top to bottom. What He did in the earthly tabernacle was to symbolize that entrance into the very presence of God was now open and that He was accessible to all who come in and through Christ.
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