Jesus as the believers’ great High Priest and demonstrates that His priesthood is superior to the priesthood of the Old Covenant. His mediatorship and high priesthood are based on the New Covenant (v. 6). Since both of those ministries are currently in force, it would seem logical to affirm that the covenant on which they are based is also in force. The same argument can be made from Hebrews 9. After speaking of Jesus’ work on the cross (vv. 12–14) the author of Hebrews discussed the present work