For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
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In parallel with (this verse)Exodus 25:22
The meeting place God appointed above the ark was one of the hand-made holy places that Hebrews calls representations of the true, where Christ now appears in God's presence for us.
“There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.”
In contrast to (this verse)Leviticus 16:2
Aaron was forbidden to enter the Most Holy Place at all times on pain of death, while Christ enters heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us.
“and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.”