Our High Priest
Below is a picture of a High Priest in the Land of Israel long ago. The High Priest used to go into the place called “The Holy Place” in the Temple, and there he would pray to God on behalf of the Jewish people. God promised to hear the prayers of the High Priest for the people, because of the blood of the sacrificed animal which he carried in his hand and which he “sprinkled” inside the Holy Place.
The High Priest, then, in the land of Israel in the Old Testament days was God's way of accepting the prayers and the confessions of sin of the Children of Israel, and forgiving them for their sins.
In the New Testament scriptures, our Lord Jesus Christ is often called, “Our Great High Priest.” This is because He entered God's “Holy Place” in heaven after He died on the Cross and shed His blood as the sacrifice for sins. Because He is in god's presence, then, God hears our prayers when we pray to Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; and not only that, but the Bible tells us that Jesus also prays for us in God's presence if we are really trusting in him.
Isn't it grand how God shows us a “picture” in the Old Testament of what He would do for us through Jesus His Son when the New Testament days would come. I trust you know, or will come to know, our Lord Jesus Christ as your Great High Priest and Saviour.