Repent daily

In the seventh chapter of Hebrews Paul instructs the church on the order of the priesthood. As he has done in other letters, he makes it known that Christ came up through the ranks despite being the literal Son of God. Jesus could have said, I have a right to hold the priesthood because of who I am, but he showed obedience, and respect to the organization of the church, the rules, laws and ordinances God had set in place before the foundation of the earth.
We, mankind have been extremely hard headed, stiff necked and disobedient. The old testament is full of our mistakes and carnal mindedness. It is quite depressing actually. So much so in fact that as a child I wondered if they were talking about the same God in the New Testament as in the Old.Testament. As an adult I see that it is the same God but a different people in a different span of time. There was a time when the Temple was taken away from the people in the Old Testament. How long after Christ resurrection did we lose the Temple again?
Christ was born at a time when the Temple, and the priesthood had been restored to the earth so that he could operate within the law. When he comes again the Temple and the priesthood will also be upon the earth. We are there. That time is here when the chasm between righteous and unrighteous grows wider. But there is no need to worry about the exact day when Christ shall come that second time. It doesn't matter. As my wonderful, wise dad used to say, "The world ends every day for someone."
Just as we do not know the day and time of Christ return we do not know the day of our own death. For some it comes in childhood, for one of my sons it came at the age of twenty-eight. I am quickly approaching the age when my parents passed to the other side. Whatever, good or bad was done is done. We don't have time to go back and say, "I'm sorry, I didn't know," or whatever. I'm not trying to put anyone on a guilt trip here because I don't do guilt. I confess, repent and try to keep the slate clean daily. Notice I said I try. I am far from perfect and I have made some big mistakes (sins) and will most likely make a lot more before my time comes. But I try not to carry them around with me. Get rid of them. I feel better, my health is better, I am happier and life is good when I'm not carrying a load of past mistakes with me.
Paul says,"Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins, and then for the people's:" We no longer sacrifice animals for our sins but instead offer up a broken heart and a contrite soul which is repentance. Repentance is godly sorrow and forgiveness. Sometimes our sorrow is that we got caught more than for what we did, I want to stress here how important it is to be honest with yourself and forgive yourself. As Paul says we offer up sacrifice (forgives) first for ourselves and then for those we have offended.
And then Paul reminds us that, "this he (Christ) did when he offered up himself." Christ could not have taken upon him our sins and released them except there was nothing for them to stick to -- except he was clean and pure. None of us are going to be perfect in this life, but we can be operational if we daily cleanse  ourselves.