“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;”
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation — Christ's appearing (parousia) introduces him as a high priest of good things that have arrived (genomena), not merely promised. The greater tent (meizōn skēnē) is heavenly and not made with human hands (akheiropoiētos), thus transcending all earthly institutional religion. Not of this creation (ou tautes tēs ktiseōs) indicates that Christ's priesthood operates in the realm of ultimate reality, not in the material cosmos bound by time.
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