A Better Covenant

Leviticus 16
1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died after they entered the Lord’s presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him. 2 The Lord said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.

Again, I am so grateful to live under the New Covenant. Under the Old Covenant, only one man (the High Priest) could enter into the Most Holy Place (where God’s presence was to be found), and he could only do so once a year. Now, because of Christ, God’s dwelling place is in the people who have been obedient to the terms of the New Covenant (they have faith in Christ, repent of their sins, publicly confess Jesus to be their Lord, and are immersed into Christ), thus giving us direct access to God any day of the year. Is that a better deal or what?