And the climax is that the long hope of Israel has been fulfilled. The law of Moses had ended in a puzzle. Deuteronomy had warned about Israel’s long-term covenant unfaithfulness and its results. But now there was a way through. Moses could only take them so far, but now God had broken through that barrier. “Forgiveness of sins” had arrived in space and time, a new reality to open a new world. But, as with Moses, would the present generation listen? Paul’s speech ends with another prophetic warning: something new is happening, and they might just be looking the wrong way and miss out on it
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