Entering The Holy Place

Hebrews 9:1 (ESV)
¹ Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.

The first covenant had its purpose. It was given by the Lord and served to bring us to the second covenant. As a shadow of things to come, it included instruction of worship and the holiness of God. As John the Baptist prepared the way for the Lord, the old covenant prepared the way for the new. In the childhood of our understanding we have been raised in preparation for the light of the Son, that we would be able to make sense of His coming.

When the time was right, Jesus came as the radiance of the Father, the light of the world. Through the first covenant we enter into the holy place. Through the second covenant we will enter into the Holy of Holies.