Sunday, May 25 He does not need to offer up sacrifices daily.​—Heb. 7:27.

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Sunday, May 25

He does not need to offer up sacrifices daily.—Heb. 7:27.

 

The high priest was authorized to represent the people before God. Israel’s first high priest, Aaron, was appointed by Jehovah when the tabernacle was inaugurated. However, as the apostle Paul explained, “many had to become priests in succession because death prevented them from continuing as such.” (Heb. 7:23-26) And as imperfect men, those high priests had to offer sacrifices for their own sins. Herein lies a sharp contrast between Israel’s high priests and the great High Priest, Jesus Christ. As our High Priest, Jesus Christ is “a minister . . . of the true tent, which Jehovah set up, and not man.” (Heb. 8:1, 2) Paul explained that “because [Jesus] continues alive forever, his priesthood has no successors.” Paul added that Jesus is “undefiled, separated from the sinners” and that unlike the high priests of Israel, “he does not need to offer up sacrifices daily” for his own sins. w23.10 26 ¶8-9