What happensPermalink
The law was only a shadow of the good things to come and could never make worshipers perfect; animal sacrifices could not remove sin. God desires obedience more than ritual, and Christ’s perfect obedience accomplished God’s will once for all, fulfilling and ending the old sacrifices. We are urged to meet together and encourage one another. Yet deliberate rejection of Christ after knowing the truth brings fearful judgment—if violating Moses’s law deserved death, how much more severe is contempt for the Son of God?
Why it mattersPermalink
Christ’s single, perfect sacrifice grants full access to God; enduring faith keeps that access alive until the end. The author quotes Jeremiah 31 again to indicate that the new covenant results in total forgiveness of sin, ending the Mosaic sacrificial system.
Key versePermalink
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.