How does Christ execute the office of a priest?

Scripture proofs

• 1 Peter 2:24

  He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

• Hebrews 9:28

  so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

• Ephesians 5:2

  Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

• Hebrews 2:17

  Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

• Hebrews 7:25

  Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

• Romans 8:34

  Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).