Later covenants of God did not invalidate former covenants! The New Covenant was a fulfillment of former covenants. Invalidate the Old? The logic isn’t even there – so how do so many people believe the false teachers?
I’ve been “declared free of guilt”
For the guilty criminal standing there guilty before the judge, there are no better words to hear than the judge’s declaration: “Not guilty.” That is what Jesus says to the guilty-as-sin sinner who comes to Him in repentance.