Biblical “sin” is a legal category, not a timeless stain floating over humanity.
No law, no transgression.
Paul states this directly. Sin is not counted where there is no law.
That definition anchors the entire discussion.
The law in question is the Mosaic law.
Not a universal moral code, not human conscience, not philosophy.
Only Israel stood under that covenant structure.
Only Israel could violate it.
Daniel frames sin the same way.
He speaks of finishing transgression and bringing an end to sin inside Israel’s prophetic program.
That is not global language.
That is covenant language.
Hebrews declares the same event as accomplished through Christ.
One sacrifice, sin dealt with, no repeat system.
The writer does not describe a partial solution.
He describes completion.
If sin is defined by the law, and the law administration has reached its terminus, the charge evaporates.
Abolish the legal code, abolish the violation category.
Calling every human a “sinner” after that point quietly resurrects the very system Hebrews says is obsolete.
It puts the courtroom back after the case closed.
Scripture never presents sin as a biological condition of the species.
It always appears as covenant violation.
No covenant jurisdiction, no covenant guilt.
Simple legal logic.
Post 70 AD, the structure that defined sin no longer stands.
No temple, no priesthood, no sacrifices, no covenant court.
No court, no charges.
No charges, no sinners.
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