Hebrews was written prior to the destruction of Jerusalem when the temple was destroyed and the entire Jewish system came to an abrupt and permanent end. The Law was done away legally when Christ died on the cross (Colossians 2:14), but the practice of the system did not end until Jerusalem was destroyed. The Hebrew writer refers to the vanishing away of the Law when Jerusalem was destroyed (70 AD).
Possibly related:
- From Hebrews 8:7, what was the fault with the first covenant? How could God make a “faulty” covenant?
- Even Jesus and Paul kept the Sabbath (Mark 2:28; Acts 18:4).
- From Jeremiah 31:34, what is meant by, ‘No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me…’?