"For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." The debate over the continuity/discontinuity of the Old and New Covenants rages on. There are those who see absolutely no continuity between the covenants with regard to redemption and the moral code. They would see little need to read the Old Testament. On the other side you'll find those who incorrectly see no distinction between the covenants. They say the only difference is that the New Testament now includes the previously-ostracized Gentiles.