For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second — the first covenant's inadequacy is evidenced by the fact that Scripture itself prophesies a new one; its obsolescence is inscribed in the Old Testament. This is not a condemnation of the Mosaic law's goodness but a recognition of its limited function: it could not effect the internal transformation of the human heart that the new covenant accomplishes.

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