For all its divine design, the Torah’s sacrificial system nevertheless has an inherent flaw: the people. Men “encompassed with weakness” (Heb. 5:2) could make no one permanently perfect through such a limited priestly service. Even with daily and endless sacrifices, it ultimately proved “impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (Heb. 10:4). Each sacrifice merely served as a constant reminder to both God and His people of a stain that could never be fully cleansed. It is against this reality that the author of Hebrews reveals the decisive means through which God could finally forget the one thing we need Him to never remember.
Read more