Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hebrews 8:1-6
by: Jerry Johnson.
As a child I was into collecting sports memorabilia. I took pride in having expensive baseball cards of players from the 1950s-players like Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. After selling my collection to help pay for college, I learned that there were a lot of imitations on the market. Autographs are frequently a source for forgeries because they imitate the real thing.
The Old Testament sacrificial system was "a copy and shadow of the heavenly things." Once Christ came and provided a perfect sacrifice with his own blood, sinners had direct access to a holy God. We enjoy that today through his perpetual priesthood.