1 What I mean is we have a high priest who sits at the right side of God's great throne in heaven.
2 He also serves as the priest in the most holy place inside the real tent there in heaven. This tent of worship was set up by the Lord, not by humans.
3 Since all priests must offer gifts and sacrifices, Christ also needed to have something to offer.
4 If he were here on earth, he would not be a priest at all, because here the Law appoints other priests to offer sacrifices.
5 But the tent where they serve is just a copy and a shadow of the real one in heaven. Before Moses made the tent, he was told, “Be sure to make it exactly like the pattern you were shown on the mountain!”
6 Now Christ has been appointed to serve as a priest in a much better way, and he has given us much assurance of a better agreement.