HEBREWS—NOTE ON Hebrews 10:8 The OT sacrifices were not desired (literally, “willed”) by God because of any intrinsic value they possessed. However, it was God’s will for the messianic speaker of Psalms 40:6 to come to do your will. God did ordain the OT sacrifices and offerings for the time when the Mosaic covenant was in force, but not for the future time anticipated in this psalm. He does away with the first refers to the “sacrifices and offerings” (Hebrews 10:8) of the old covenant. Christians no longer have to offer animal sacrifices and keep other ceremonial parts of the OT laws. In order to establish the second means in order to establish obedience to God’s “will” (v. Hebrews 10:9).

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