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END WMAFJustification in HebrewsBefore we get to the Biblical basis for our understanding of the Eucharist as sacrifice in the book of Hebrews, we must address the Protestant view that the book of Hebrews does away with an ongoing need for holiness in reference to the grounds of our salvation, when Paul speaks of the once and for all sacrifice of Christ. Many Protestant apologists hold the assumption that the imputation of Christ's righteousness to our account is the reason behind the absence of a need for holiness in reference to the grounds of our justification. They will say that our holiness is a necessary byproduct of our justification, but never any of the grounds for it. Now, they do not say that sanctification is not important, as that gets you more rewards in heaven and because you love God you will want to grow in holiness, but they say that one's moral transformation is not a cause of one's salvation.There is a major problem with this theory of salvation in the Book of Hebrews. Nowhere is there any mention at all that one gets Christ's righteousness imputed to one's account and that is how the once and for all sacrifice suffices. No doubt the Book of Hebrews is emphatic that Christ's sacrifice is once and for all, and Christ can not be killed again. The Church accordingly nowhere teaches that Christ is resacrificed. It is taught that the sacrifice of the Eucharist is not some other sacrifice, but this very once and for all sacrifice being made present to us now. Those who receive the Eucharist get the fruits and benefits of this once and for all sacrifice. Later on, in another section we will see how the verses in Hebrews that are used to attack the Mass actually point to the Eucharist when read in context. We will also see that the very Scriptures in Hebrews that are used to undermine the teaching of the Eucharistic sacrifice, indeed do not only not undermine the teaching of the Eucharistic sacrifice,