In contrasting the old and new covenants, the Hebrew writer cited a prophecy from Jeremiah that pointed to the fact that God had planned to enact a new covenant with His people (Hebrews 8:8-12; Jeremiah 31:31-34). One way in which the superiority of the new covenant could be seen was in the fact that God would “remember their sins no more” (Hebrews 8:12…
