Yes — Jesus fulfilled the High Priest role by entering the heavenly tabernacle once with His own blood and presenting it before God, thereby obtaining eternal redemption for all people.
Unlike Aaron, who served as high priest of Israel, Jesus is a high priest after the order of Melchizedek, making Him the high priest of all people. After His resurrection, He went immediately into the Father's presence — into a greater and more perfect tabernacle in heaven not made with hands. There He entered the holy place once for all time, presenting His own blood rather than the blood of goats and calves. By that single presentation of His blood, He obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:11-12 — This passage directly describes Christ as high priest who entered the heavenly tabernacle by His own blood and obtained eternal redemption.
Hebrews 4:14-16 — This passage declares that believers have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens and can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.
Hebrews 9:11-12 declares that Christ came as a high priest of good things to come through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands — that is, not of this building. He entered once into the holy place, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 4:14-16 tells believers that since they have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — they should hold fast their profession and come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace in time of need. This high priest is not one who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like us, yet without sin. In John 20:17, on the resurrection morning, Jesus said to Mary, 'Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father,' indicating His immediate ascent to the Father.
Les Feldick teaches that Jesus is not a high priest after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek, who met Abraham in the book of Genesis, was not a priest under the law nor of the tribe of Levi; he was a priest of all, covering the whole spectrum of the human race. In the same way, Christ is not just the high priest of the Jew, but the high priest of all people. Les explains that on resurrection Sunday morning, Jesus would not let Mary touch Him because He still had to immediately go into the very presence of the Father. Drawing on Hebrews 9, Les shows that Christ went into a greater and more perfect tabernacle — not made with hands, not of this creation — the tabernacle in heaven. Unlike Israel's high priest, who entered the Holy of Holies once a year with the blood of goats and calves, Christ entered the heavenly holy place once for all time with His own blood. He presented His blood upon the mercy seat in the very presence of God and thereby obtained eternal redemption for us. Since that time, Les emphasizes, Jesus sits as high priest of all, interceding for believers at the very throne room of heaven. Because He is passed into the heavens, believers can hold fast their profession, knowing they have a high priest who can be touched with the feeling of their infirmities and who is constantly aware of their moment-by-moment existence.
Les teaches that Melchizedek was a high priest forever, and that Christ is a high priest after the order of Melchizedek, not after Aaron. Melchizedek was not a priest under the law and not of the tribe of Levi — he was a priest of all, covering the whole spectrum of the human race. Because of this, Jesus is not just the high priest of the Jew, but the high priest of everyone.
Les points to John 20 and the resurrection Sunday morning, when Jesus would not let Mary touch Him. He explains that Jesus still had to immediately go into the very presence of the Father. Just as Israel's high priest on the Day of Atonement went behind the veil once a year and sprinkled blood on the mercy seat, our high priest had to do the same thing — enter into heaven's presence with His blood.
Les is clear that Jesus presented His own blood in the heavenly Holy of Holies. Not the blood of goats and calves, but His own divine shed blood from His crucifixion. He entered once — not once a year, but once for all time — into the holy place, and presented His blood upon the mercy seat in the very presence of God.
According to Les, by entering the heavenly holy place once with His own blood, Jesus obtained eternal redemption for us. This was a single, all-sufficient entrance. Unlike Israel's high priest who had to return year after year, Christ's one presentation of His blood secured redemption for all people for all time.
Because Jesus is the high priest of all, Les says believers can rest assured that they have a high priest interceding for them at the very throne room of heaven. Jesus is passed into the heavens and can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; He is constantly aware of our moment-by-moment existence. Believers are therefore encouraged to hold fast their profession.
The Order of Melchizedek
Les explains that Christ is a high priest after the order of Melchizedek — a priest of all people, not just Israel — and that Jesus immediately went into the Father's presence after His resurrection.
His Own Blood, Eternal Redemption
Les teaches that Jesus entered the very throne room of heaven not by the blood of goats and calves but by His own blood, entering once and presenting it to obtain eternal redemption for us.
The Greater and More Perfect Tabernacle
Les shows that Christ went into a greater, more perfect tabernacle in heaven — not made with hands — and entered once for all time with His own blood, presenting it in the Holy of Holies.
Interceding for All Believers
Les reminds believers that Jesus is the high priest of all, interceding for them at the very throne room of heaven, not after the order of Aaron but after the order of Melchizedek.
Heaven's Holy Place
Les contrasts the earthly Holy of Holies with the one in heaven, showing that Christ entered the heavenly holy place once with His divine shed blood and obtained eternal redemption.
A High Priest Touched by Our Infirmities
Les teaches that since Jesus presented His blood and is passed into the heavens, believers have a great high priest who can be touched with the feeling of their infirmities and is aware of their moment-by-moment existence.
The Day of Atonement Parallel
Les reviews how Israel's high priest entered the tabernacle once a year with the blood of a sacrificed animal and sprinkled it on the mercy seat, and says our high priest had to do the same thing — entering into heaven's presence.
Christ the Fulfillment of the Tabernacle
Les shows that Christ is also the high priest who comes to present the blood upon the mercy seat in the very presence of God, fulfilling everything the tabernacle pictured.
Hebrews 9:11: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
This verse establishes Christ as the high priest ministering in a heavenly tabernacle not made with hands.
Hebrews 9:12: Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
This verse describes Christ's single entrance into the heavenly holy place with His own blood.
Hebrews 4:14: Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
This verse speaks of Jesus as the great high priest who has passed into the heavens.
Hebrews 4:15: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
This verse shows that our high priest can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.
John 20:17: Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
This verse records Jesus telling Mary not to touch Him before His ascent to the Father.
Les Feldick explains that Melchizedek was not a priest under the law nor of the tribe of Levi, but a priest of all people. In the same way, Christ is not just the high priest of the Jew but the high priest of all, covering the whole spectrum of the human race.
Les teaches that on resurrection Sunday morning, Jesus still had to immediately go into the very presence of the Father. He entered the heavenly tabernacle to present His own blood as high priest, just as Israel's high priest presented blood on the mercy seat on the Day of Atonement.
Jesus entered once for all time. Unlike Israel's high priest, who entered the Holy of Holies once a year with the blood of goats and calves, Christ entered the heavenly holy place once with His own blood and obtained eternal redemption for us.
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