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Hebrews: Christ—Perfect Sacrifice, Perfect Priest is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Book of Hebrews is grounded in the work of the Levitical priesthood. The generation of Hebrews receiving this letter had practiced sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem for a lifetime. Hebrews emphasizes the superiority of Christ's once-for-all, perfect sacrifice over the repeated, imperfect Levitical sacrifices. It shows us how to have a better life in Christ.

THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS Introduction When the various New Testament books were formally brought together into one collection shortly after A.D. 100, the titles were added for convenience. This epistle bears the traditional Greek title “To the Hebrews,” which was attested to by at least the second century A.D. Within the epistle itself, however, there is no identification of the recipients as either Hebrews (Jews) or Gentiles. Since the epistle is filled with references to Hebrew history and
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