The Book of Hebrews was written to Jewish-Christians who were undergoing persecution for their belief that Jesus was Israel’s long-expected Messiah. They were being persecuted by both unbelieving Jews and idol-worshiping Roman Gentiles. These socially-isolated Jewish-Christians were tempted to turn back from following Jesus, and reverting to living under the Covenant of Moses (Exodus 20:1-40:38). […]