The preacher now criticizes the inadequacy of the first covenant, which focused on the sanctuary and the sacrifices made there. He highlights two main issues. First, the sanctuary’s design and physical layout, with its two enclosures, did not allow people to access God’s presence easily but instead created a nearly insurmountable barrier. Second, the repeated sacrifices offered in the sanctuary showed their ineffectiveness and temporary nature. He also presents Jesus as “high priest of the good things to come” (11). The tent or the Temple, the place where God’s presence is revealed and ultimately encountered, is symbolized by the body of Jesus—dead and risen (cf. Jn 2:19-21). The new sanctuary is heaven, “where he entered once and for all” bearing “his own blood” and thus securing our “definitive redemption” (12). Through these powerful and dramatic words, the preacher depicts Jesus’ death and resurrection as the unique and ultimate priesthood that begins, completes, and establishes the new covenant between humanity and God.