“Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.”
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin — the logical conclusion is inescapable: where divine forgiveness (aphesis) is actual and complete, sacrificial offerings become not merely obsolete but impossible. The new covenant's reality eliminates the shadow.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:18
Again this also He proves from the testimony of what is written, for “the Holy Ghost” (he says) “is a witness to us: for after that He had said,” Hebrews 10:16-18 “This is the covenant, that I will make with them, after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin.” So then He forgave their sins,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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