itself out into the future and upwards to the invisible world as hope and endurance (see commentary on 4:2; 10:37; and 11:1–2). Hebrews is also un-Pauline in other noteworthy respects. The basic pattern of Paul’s thought is historical and eschatological. He has a grand and sweeping vision of the march of history. It begins with primeval times and the rebellion of Adam and continues through God’s promise to Abraham, the declaration of the law through Moses, and the testimony of prophets, to the climax