Hebrews 10

The writer of Hebrews has been commenting on the “new covenant”The first half of chapter ten is a continuation and conclusion of this theme– he explains how God writes his will into our hearts and minds• in order to clarify the way Jesus works on the inside of our lives,• our writer has enumerated contrasts between the old and new covenants◦ more contrasts appear here, all the way to verse 18– again, he refers to the old as having only a shadowy existence• I’m fascinated by this language that he uses:◦ copy, shadow, pattern, symbol, earthly (versus heavenly)◦ what seems real to us is a mere silhouette of reality• a shadow entails a light source – a physical object – and a surface◦ the physical object prevents light from reaching a specific area of the surface (of the ground, floor, wall, or whatever the surface may be)