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In his commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews, New Testament scholar Edgar McKnight explores two aspects of Hebrews as covenant—an appeal to the perfection and finality of Jesus Christ and an exhortation to faith based on that appeal. He also highlights the occasionally counterintuitive interpretative strategies of the author of this letter. This approach frames the author of Hebrews’ treatment...

sacrifice. The priest offers “again and again the same sacrifices,” but Christ offered “for all time a single sacrifice.” The sacrifice of the priest “can never take away sins”; the effectiveness of Christ’s sacrifice is seen in his completion of the offering and his sitting down “at the right hand of God.” The session at the right hand of God is not only set in opposition to the continued standing of the priest; it indicates that Jesus has completed his work and has entered his glorious “rest” (see
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