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The law was only a shadow. Christ fulfilled Psalm 40 by coming in a prepared body to do God’s will. By one offering, He perfected forever those being sanctified. Since forgiveness is complete, no further sacrifice remains. The chapter issues a serious warning against deliberate rejection, but also calls believers to draw near, hold fast, gather together, and endure. “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Hebrews 10
Verse 1
The law was only shadow cast,
A glimpse of things that would not last.
Year by year the same refrain,
Sacrifices made again.
If they could cleanse the heart within,
Would offerings repeat for sin?
But blood of goats and bulls could show
The weight of guilt — not let it go.
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Reminders written in crimson line,
Waiting for the Lamb divine.
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Once for all the price was paid,
One true offering fully made.
Not by ritual, not by flame —
But by the Son in heaven’s name.
By one sacrifice complete,
He sat down — the work replete.
Verse 2
“Sacrifice You did not require,
But a body prepared for fire.”
So He came to do God’s will,
Not to repeat what law could not fulfill.
First He set the old aside,
Then the better covenant applied.
By that will we now stand clean,
Sanctified through what He’s been.
Verse 3
Every priest would daily stand,
Offering what could not command
A final end to sin’s demand —
But Christ fulfilled redemption’s plan.
One offering — forever strong,
Perfecting those who now belong.
The Spirit testifies the same:
“Law on hearts, sins erased from blame.”
Bridge (Warning)
Where sins forgiven, none remain —
No sacrifice left to obtain.
If we reject the truth we’ve known,
There’s no second blood atone.
A fearful thing to treat as light
The Son’s own blood, the Spirit’s might.
Falling in the living God’s hands
Is no small thing for mortal man.
Verse 4 (Encouragement)
But remember former days,
When faith endured the fiery blaze.
You stood though loss pressed hard and near,
Shared the suffering without fear.
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