Spirit to the very threshold of salvation, and then had gone back before they were actually saved. The description of these Hebrews indicates they were truly born again, and the fruits they had borne in the past classify them as genuine believers. To apply to ourselves those portions of the epistle which speak of the blessings, and then apply the judgments (Heb. 6 and 10) to the poor Hebrews is just as inconsistent as to apply the glorious prophecies of Israel‘s future glory and restoration in the
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