Having completed the doctrinal part of Hebrews, and after the writer has made his argument that Jesus is a Mediator of a better covenant filled with better promises, and that Jesus is a better high priest than Aaron or any Levite high priest; and Jesus is also a better sacrifice than all of the animal sacrifices offered in the time of the Old Covenant. And now Jesus is our great high priest, who is in heaven now, interceding for us in the presence of God. When man sinned in Eden, Adam and Eve were driven from nearness to God and from His immediate presence, and it was God who made a way, "opened the way" for sinners to be saved, and to once again be near to God, and to draw near to God. Thus, the writer encourages Hebrew believers of the first century to draw near to God.