'For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more' — the new covenant's foundation is divine forgetfulness of sin, not merely covering (as in the Day of Atonement typology) but complete remission. Remember (mnēsthō) in reverse becomes the merciful non-remembrance; God's action replaces the priest's annual memorial offering. This is the theological goal toward which all priesthood and sacrifice aim: reconciliation so complete that the offense is not merely pardoned but forgotten.

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