Hebrews 10:8,9 - He does away with the first

10:8

The fact that God desired obedience rather than sacrifice, or obedience is better than sacrifice, appears on a number of occasions in the Old Testament, e.g. 1 Sam 15:22; Prov 21:3; Ps 51:16. This, of course, raises the question as to why the Law contains so much in the way of the laws and regulations regarding sacrifices? Maybe the answer is that the Lord was trying to impress on them the need for sacrifice, and everything was pointing forward to Christ’s sacrifice. The writer does make the point that the Law required the sacrifices.

10:9

“Here I am”. The One that God truly desired arrived. This was a man who perfectly loved, obeyed and trusted the Father. This was what God was looking for, and which no man, except Christ, could ever provide. Once such a man was here, i.e. Christ, then there was no further need for the Levitical sacrifices. For the thing that they had all been pointing forward to was now here, and so their day was over.