Heb 10:17 And their sins and their iniquities I wilI remember no more.
How is it that God can say that?
10:1-The law given to Israel was but a shadow. It wasn't the real thing. This verse emphasizes the repetition of the sacrifices. Year after year, continually, with the same sacrifices, those who bring them are never cleansed and perfected.
10:2-For if they were cleansed, they would no longer have any consciousness of sins and they would cease offering the sacrifices.
10:3-Consequently, in those sacrifices, there is a remembrance of sins year after year.
10:4-because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
10:5-When Christ came into the world, he said "you didn't want sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me."
10:6-"In burnt offerings and sin offerings you took no pleasure in them."
10:7-Christ said I come to do your will.
10:8-God did not desire nor take pleasure in those things offered according to the law.
10:9-Christ said "I came to do your will." He came to take away the first covenant(the law) and establish the second(Hebrews 8:7).
10:10-It is by God's will which was accomplished through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, that we have been made holy and sanctified. We are made saints.
10:11-every priest stands, day after day, continually offering the same sacrifices which can never take away sins.
10:12-but Christ, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, he sat down.
10:18-where forgiveness of these(sins) is, there is no more offering for sin.
Now that Christ has accomplished His sacrifice, there is no more need for the law. There is nothing we can add to His work on the cross. If God doesn't remember our sins, why do we? Some Christians add little things to the work of Christ, others add big things. The sacrifices in the temple were repeated. His sacrifice is never repeated.
