Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
This verse contains a harsh indictment concerning the Law. It is written that the Law is only a shadow of the good things to come. In short, the Law conveyed a base image of the true good thing God would visit His people with; but the Law was not the thing itself.