Christ an example

Jesus is our "high priest." He was born. He lived. He was tempted. He went through life just like we do. He went through times of suffering just like all of us do. He learned obedience and became the source of our salvation. Jesus stands as a mediator between us a God. Just like any priest, he plays the inbetween-man for men and God. Jesus is special, though. He was man, but he was also God. He was a high priest. Of all the high priests, there was none so high as Jesus. He was the only inbetween-man that was fully in contact with God. He was divine, and a part of God. He had elements that no priest has.
We are able to go to Christ, and rather than going to a man that will communicate to God on our behalf, we are able to go right to God. How awesome is that? To have the ability to be in direct communication with God? That is significant.
"Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest..." Hebrews 5:8-10