Hebrews 9

The tabernacle is described. The furniture and fixtures are explained, as well as the procedures taken by the priests offering the sacrifices. It is explained that the entirety of the process was symbolic of what God was doing and promising to do. When Jesus came as The High Priest, He offered a sacrifice (His own blood) better and superior than the blood of bulls or goats. His sacrifice brought not just atonement but redemption. This testament (a legal term describing a document put in force at the time of death) is effective because of Jesus' death on the cross. It was necessary for Jesus to die in order to put God's plan into 'motion,' so to speak. His death bore the sins of many and served as the judgment necessary for sins' effect. Those who trust in His payment of their sin-debt find forgiveness and salvation.