THE PEOPLE AND OFFENCE OF HEBREWS 6:4-6
Hebrews was written to encourage the believers to mature (Heb 5:12-14; 10:24) and to warn readers about the dangers of disowning Christ and thereby reverting back to their old ways (Heb 3:12-14; 6:8-9; 13:13). The warning passages seem to indicate Hebrews was written to professing Christians, but not all may be elect or have failed to mature (Heb 5:11-12). The readers were in danger of renouncing their faith and lapsing back into Judaism. Hebrews seems to be a book filled with questions and issues, and Hebrews 6:4-6 may be one of the most difficult passages to interpret in all of Hebrews and possibly in the entire Bible.