Hebrews 7

There's just such a beautiful elegance to this design. It fits together so nicely, and so consistently with all the other Biblical doctrine. This is why "the Cult of Christ" as it was known at the beginning is not a Cult. Cult's change fundamental principles of their antecedents. Christianity holds the fundamental principles of Judaism, and in fact has been holding to for the last 2000 years where Judaism has been denied by the loss of the temple. Christianity's temple has been devolved (into the body of believers), the curtain torn. But there is still only one High Priest who intercedes for us. We still need intercession for our sins. We still hold to the Spirit of the Law, which is a far harder thing than holding to the Letter (we often think the opposite, that it's easier than following the Letter, but by golly it's not!). And we still sin, and therefore still need forgiveness and sacrifice, all of which is accomplished through Christ.

"²³Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; ²⁴but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. ²⁵Therefore he is able to save completely^c]">[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

²⁶Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. ²⁷Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. ²⁸For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever."