Imagine
a world where there was a Super Bowl to end all Super Bowls. Where Tom Brady
and the Patriots would never need to snap another ball; run another down; score
another last minute touchdown. Where players wouldn’t need to prove themselves year in and year out. They wouldn’t need to make any more sacrifices of blood, sweat and tears because the “once for all time” Super Bowl had been played.
With
the Old Covenant, the High Priest would go into the Holy of Holies once a year
with the blood of goats and calves to sacrifice for the sins of the people.
This sacrifice would make them ceremonially clean on the outside, but not the
inside. Only God could accomplish that. Only God could offer the “Super Bowl”
of sacrifices.
The
world loves a system like the Old Covenant. In fact, the world is built on a
system like that where you earn what you get; where you climb your way to the
top; where you accumulate stuff as a sign of success. It appeals to our pride;
our desire to control; our sense of being able to do it ourselves. In fact, this
is a system where you can earn your salvation. 
Imagine
that, once for all time, being at home with the Lord.
