Col 2:17, Heb 9:9, 23-24, 10:1 | ESV | STEP | These are a shadow of the things to come , but the substance belongs to Christ .

Colossians 2:17

17 ^aThese are a shadow of the things to come, but ^bthe substance belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 9:9

9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^dthat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

Hebrews 9:23-24

23 Thus it was necessary for ^ethe copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^fmade with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^gon our behalf.

Hebrews 10:1

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

1 For since the law has but ^ha shadow ⁱof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^jit can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.