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Hebrews

About the letter to the Hebrews

The Book of Hebrews is a letter to a group of Christians. ‘Hebrews’ is another name for Jewish people. So probably the letter was written to believers who were Jews.
We do not know who wrote the Book of Hebrews. Most people agree that the writer wrote this letter in about AD 60-70.
The letter says a lot about God's promises to the Israelites. It talks about the tabernacle and how the Israelites worshipped God there. They killed animals so that God would forgive them for the wrong things that they had done. God's old covenant with his people showed them how they should live. God's Law had many rules for them to obey.
The writer of this letter shows that Jesus Christ has given us a new way to come to God. The writer wants to help the Jewish believers to trust Jesus and his death on the cross.
We know that other people were causing a lot of trouble for these Christians. So the writer is trying to help them to live well as Christians. They should never stop trusting Christ.

1:0A Jew was someone who belonged to the Israelite kingdom of Judah. The name was first used at the time of their exile in Babylon. The people of Israel who still remain after that time are called Jews.
1:0Christ is a name for Jesus in the Greek language that means the same as Messiah in the Hebrew language. It means someone that God chose as a special king for his people.

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