1. In my view, vindication comes about through a sequence of historical events beginning, say, with the destruction of Jerusalem and ending with the eventual collapse of a Roman imperialism. For those who died during this period - as martyrs, perhaps also simply as members of a faithful church - vindication comes in the form of resurrection to the right hand of God.

2. “This was the second time that the Rolling Stones had appeared at the Fenway Park baseball stadium in Boston.” Does that mean they had to appear to the same group of people each time? Or what if it was the second time that they had appeared in Boston? Would that mean that they had to appear at the same venue? Jesus ‘appeared’ (in some sort of visionary sense) twice in heaven in the presence of God.

3. Sorry to be rather brief here. The salvation of the readers of Hebrews would be encompassed within the process outlined in 1 above. Individuals found their ‘salvation’ in the deliverance of the community from oppression and from the uncertainty engendered by the long wait for vindication.