Abstract
This chapter studies the Letter to the Hebrews, which presents the most detailed treatment of the sacrificial system in the New Testament and also the most radical one. The author declares that Jesus is the high priest in the heavenly Temple. Jesus offers the ultimate sacrifice, his own body, “so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.” Through Jesus as both a high priest and a sacrifice, forgiveness is promised to the Christian believers. The chapter then focuses on the way the author builds on the Levitical system of priests–Temple–sacrifice in order to explain how Christ and his sacrifice lead to forgiveness and atonement. It also addresses the question of why the high priesthood and sacrifice become the author's model for Christology.
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