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The author of Hebrews wanted his audience to know and understand one truth: Christ is superior, and therefore, so is Christianity. The person of Christ is better than prophets and angels, his priesthood is greater than that of Melchizedek and the line of Aaron, and his power within the believer’s life is incomparable. Between these contrasts, the author of Hebrews exhorts readers to persevere in...

I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”) So the Lord Jesus is not set before us here merely as an example for us but as him in whom we place our faith, trust, and confidence, with all our expectation of success in our Christian course. Without this faith and trust in him, we will derive no benefit from his example. The author and perfecter of our faith. Our faith from first to last is from Jesus Christ. Scorning its shame. In his death the Lord Jesus was exposed to ignominy, contempt, shame,