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What does the Bible say about the law and its sacrifices?

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The Bible teaches that the law and its sacrifices were insufficient for making anyone perfect and served only as a shadow of the coming perfect sacrifice in Christ.

The law, as articulated in Hebrews 10, is described as a shadow of good things to come, unable to make anyone perfect. The sacrifices offered year by year could never cleanse the conscience of the worshipers or satisfy God's justice. Instead, they were meant to foreshadow the perfect sacrifice that would come in the person of Jesus Christ, who with one offering perfected forever those who are sanctified. This distinction highlights the superiority of Christ's sacrifice over the continual and ineffective animal sacrifices of the Old Testament.
Scripture References: Hebrews 10:1-4, Hebrews 10:14

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Lo I Come
David Eddmenson · Aug 12, 2012
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