Shadows and reality

But now Jesus our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for He is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.
" This is the covenant that I will make.....
I will put My laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God and they shall be My people "
Hebrews 8:6-10

Christmas. ... God is merciful and promised in Jeremiah 31v33 ( 500 yrs before Christ came )
that someday He would do something new. He would replace shadows with the reality of the Messiah. And He would powerfully move into our lives and write His will on our hearts so that we are not constrained from the outside but are willing from the inside - to love Him, and to trust Him and to follow Him.
John piper.