In order to understand holy orders, we must take a journey back into the Old Testament. Most think of the priesthood of the Old Testament strictly in terms of the tribe of Levi. However ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament ... he shall bring to the Lord a female animal from the flock…The priest shall then make atonement for his sin.” ...

The word “offer[ing]” appears 32 times in Hebrews — first regarding the Old Testament priests (5:1, 3; 8:3; 9:6-7), then moving on to the climactic scene in heaven of Jesus offering his ...