The New Covenant Was Not Ratified Without Blood

Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the holy of holies, having the golden altar of incense and the arc of the covenant covered on all sides with gold. Of it were the cherubim of glory over shadowing the mercy seat. By this, the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer tent is still standing. According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms until the time of reformation. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then, through the greater and more perfect tent