For hundreds of years

For hundreds of years priests offered sacrifices in the temple. There were very specific guidelines to what they did, but that was not eternal. We no longer depend on a priest to offer sacrifices for our sins. Rather, our sins have already been covered by the sacrifice made by Jesus. Jesus is our "high priest." In Hebrews 8:5 we find "They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven." Offering animals as sacrifices is just an image for us. Christ, though, that is greater. It is more than the imagery of the temple. Christ has offered and been offered for us, that we might find salvation.