and the forgiveness of sins. For all of these reasons, the author of Hebrews writes: ‘Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant’ (Heb. 9:15). Christ’s work as our great high priest supersedes the work of the Levitical priests who laboured under the Mosaic covenant. In the light of Christ’s sacrifice, we can enter into