In this passage today we see that there have been all kinds of priests before Jesus.  They were not perfect and they had to offer up sacrifices before they could enter such as that of the Red Heifer. Orthodox Jews today are looking for the perfect red heifer so they can rebuild the temple and reestablish the priesthood.   These priests were imperfect and had to offer up sacrifices every time they went before the altar of God for themselves. Hebrews 4 lays it out plainly, he was like us in every way, but without sin.   Jesus had to be the perfect priest, the perfect sacrifice.  Jesus’ priesthood is not like the Aaronic priesthood, it is like that of Melchizedek because it is mysterious and blessed by God.  Jesus is the perfect priest and perfect sacrifice later in Hebrews.  So why does this matter? We will never be perfect and if we think that we can be made righteous by our works we are kidding ourselves. Even the works that the priest did were shadows pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus.  This priesthood was a type a foreshadowing of the priest to come. As we will see tomorrow this new priesthood is not based on our own holiness but on Christ which gives us the ability to live lives of holiness and admiration.  It is a comfort that we have a high priest who can identify with us and save us.