| Is it possible that though the dominating concepts are simple (it's hard to imagine something simpler than Jesus is better) yet the treatment of them gets into great depths? So the exhortation to perseverance in the faith is really not complicated; but he gives profound theology and exegesis to back it up. I incline to this, for he says that about Melchizedek he has many things to say, and given their condition, hard to be understood. But then after the interlude on "the fundamentals" and apostasy, the end of chapter 6 winds up right back at Melchizedek. In the intervening material he has reminded them of certain basic facts, he has warned them sternly, but he has also comforted with the certainty of God's promise. If they have received his words, they should be in a condition to break some new ground. |