sacrifice for our sins (9:11–28). The author of Hebrews makes it clear that Jesus has provided the full, complete and final atoning sacrifice—the sort of sacrifice to which no other offering is comparable. Jesus is the true human who vicariously repented and died for the entire race and who now intercedes for us (Heb 2:17–18). Third, the Gospel of Mark declares that Jesus came to give his life as a ransom for our sin (10:45). Jesus has ransomed us from any claim the evil one may have on us. Fourth,
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