Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, man forfeited his right to have direct access into the Father’s Presence where he could fellowship and commune with Him. From the time of Moses until Christ, man was unable to live in God’s Presence. For 15 centuries, Israel had a Temple, which had a Holy of Holies wherein God’s holy Presence dwelt. Under penalty of death, no one was allowed entrance. No man could have access into God’s Presence.
Man was denied entrance into God’s Presence. He could not live in fellowship with God. Jesus, our High Priest, poured out His own blood on the cross. Christ experienced the pain and sorrow and the bitter pangs of death on the cross. He took our place and offered His own body as a sacrifice for the sins of all mankind. He then ascended into Heaven and offered it before the Father as an offering for man’s sin. “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us” (Heb. 9:12). Through that one offering of His blood, Jesus forever destroyed satan, broke the chains of sin, sickness, and death; and has provided a full and free salvation where our sins are forgiven, and we have power over sin.