only hope they have of forgiveness of sins. The author, therefore, pleads with his readers not to take such a fatal step. He warns them most urgently to cling to Christ and to keep trusting him for the forgiveness of sins and the hope of eternal life. I conclude, then, that the warning texts in Hebrews have the same character as the other warning texts we have examined in the NT. They admonish the readers against falling away, for those who do so will be damned forever. It is precisely