of the people. When Jesus died on the cross, the thick veil was ripped from top to bottom (Luke 23:44–46). Christ came as high priest and entered the Holy of Holies (heaven itself) once for all, not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption (Heb. 9:11–28). Believers in Jesus accept his sacrifice on the cross as the final atonement for sin, “being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:21–25). When Messiah