Heb 10:1-2 | TNotes | STEP | 10:1 The old system under the law of Moses (literally The law ), like the Tabernacle itself (8:5 ), was only a shadow, a dim preview of a greater reality—namely, the good things that Christ inaugurated in the new covenant. Under the old covenant, sacrifices had to be repeated again and again because they were not able to cleanse worshipers permanently or in such a way that they could come into the presence of God perpetually.

‏ Hebrews 10:1-2

10:1 ^a The old system under the law of Moses (literally The law), like the Tabernacle itself (8:5 ^b), was only a shadow, a dim preview of a greater reality—namely, the good things that Christ inaugurated in the new covenant. Under the old covenant, sacrifices had to be repeated again and again because they were not able to cleanse worshipers permanently or in such a way that they could come into the presence of God perpetually.
10:2 ^c The perpetual nature of the sacrifices demonstrates their inadequacy. If the sacrifices of the old covenant had offered true, lasting purity, they would have stopped.

• their feelings of guilt would have disappeared: Cp. 9:9 ^d, 14 ^e; 10:22 ^f; 13:18 ^g.