What is falling away as mentioned in Hebrews 6?

Whatever dude

For once in your life study a book and try to figure out what the contextof the book is.. It is not even SURE that paul wrote it. So everything you said here is based on conjecture and opinion, not fact.

So would you guys say that falling away as in the context of Hebrews 6 would not apply to someone who "believed" and then did not believe for a bit (maybe part of a day or maybe less than a week) and then came to faith again, if that makes sense?

It is most definitely Church Age doctrine. The Church Age began with thousands of Hebrew Christians being saved in Jerusalem and Judea. They all needed a full explanation of the difference between the Old and New Covenants.

And today we have thousands of Messianic Jews within the Church Age who also desperately need the teaching of the epistle to the Hebrews.

BTW, for those who are unsure whether Paul wrote Hebrews, the last portion of Hebrews clearly shows that he is indeed the author: Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. (Heb 13:23) Only Paul had a very close and loving relationship with Timothy as his son in the faith.

So would you guys say that falling away as in the context of Hebrews 6 would not apply to someone who "believed" and then did not believe for a bit (maybe part of a day or maybe less than a week) and then came to faith again, if that makes sense?

And so...... the tread takes it natural path to- can one be “unsaved” after being “saved.”

How long will people doubt the power of God?
With man, it is impossible ( to become righteous) but with God, all things are possible.

No one can “save themselves”
No one can “unsave” themselves”
It is an act, a gift from God by God

Whenever one cannot reconcile an apparent contradiction in Scripture, they rely on someone to “help” them in their understanding, instead of Scripture.

It is sad that so many believe that God makes mistakes in choosing one for eternal life, and then goes and “unseals” that person — because they slipped and sinned. So sad, that one depends on their human efforts, instead of relying on God.

Your statement was that we are not to trust the law that God created,

and then it is me who needs to study and accept God's word. You are not making any kind of sense.

So would you guys say that falling away as in the context of Hebrews 6 would not apply to someone who "believed" and then did not believe for a bit (maybe part of a day or maybe less than a week) and then came to faith again, if that makes sense?

There is much debate on whether a believer can lose their salvation. I believe that this passage indicates that there is a possibility, but Jesus is clear that He will never leave us nor forsake us. I know that an occasional doubt will not separate us from our Lord. Even John Baptist had these moments. I personally believe that only a willful act of rebellion (us forsaking our Lord) constitutes what is spoken of in Hebrews 6.

What is falling away as mentioned in Hebrews 6?

Here's a link to Hebrews 6 on Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+6&version=NIV

I've had moments where I've possibly stopped believing (being frustrated and finding a reason to not believe or not wanting to believe anymore and stopping after finding a reason not to believe might describe one or more of these moments), would this be falling away?

This is why it's important to recognize the audience...Jews in the tribulation, the last days before Christ's return. One must endure to the end without taking the mark of the beast. If one trusts in God and at some point takes the mark of the beast, they are condemned to hell. Patience and endurance is key during this time.

The tribulation is not the context.

Chapter 6 begins with “Therefore,” which means the author is building a doctrine from the previous chapter, 5. Begin there and you will see he is speaking of “immature” beliverers (jews). He goes on to chastise them for their lack of understanding but ends with the surety of God pictured as being an anchor for our soul, one who keeps His promises.

So in actuality it is a warning that each of us need to “live” out our faith, that is the same message James extolls. Nothing whatsoever is alluding to the tribulation. It goes on to speak that God keeps His promises, and it speaks to His faithfulness, not ours!

16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil(Jesus); 20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Go back even father to chapter 1.
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

The context is the last days. The last days is a reference before the return of Christ.

Chapter six eludes to the tribulation. If it's church doctrine, we're all in trouble.

What is most interesting, is how the Book of Hebrews is written out.

It's clearly an OUTLINE of events that happened in the lineage protected by God.

And then it also includes teachings of the New Covenant.

But the fact that it's Papyrus is dated 3rd Century, poses what many historians believe. And that is, Hebrews was written by someone who was very eloquent (even more so than Paul, than Luke)(when compared to ALL of Paul and Luke's work, NOTHING of theirs comes close to how Hebrews is PROPERLY WRITTEN in the context of an OUTLINE).

Theory (which are facts discovered to conclude to a TRUTH), and from early church writers and historians, we know that Hebrews was introduced about 50 years before the Council met and chose our 66 Books. Theory goes, this new book of Hebrews was being used by church leaders in services ad masses. And the Council felt it truly to be inspired by God and added it with properly leaving out the actual AUTHOR of Hebrews, or the OUTLINE!!




My own Opinion,
Hebrews is indeed written like a historical timeline of God Inspired People who overcame and became Champions, the TRUTH about Yeshua throughout Old/New Testaments, some teachings of the Disciples can be found in Hebrews, also can be said of Paul and Luke. It really is a COMPLETE COMPILATION of Both Covenants and it's related meaning.

It sincerely without my doubt, could have been the writings of a God fearing writer, who just happened to look at the ENTIRE WORK of God from Beginning to End, and sat down, being Inspired by the Holy Spirit, and simply Broke Down the Entire Bible, cover to cover, highlighting actually what God wanted us to see in every Book we read through God's Champion (Abraham + the others). We see the humanity, the suffering, the determination, the ability through God to overcome. But in Hebrews, we see what it meant on a spiritual level. This is why I think as I do towards Hebrews.

Not sure where you got your info. on Hebrews.

Clement, who died sometime around A.D. 99, quoted Hebrews about 95 A.D. and treated Hebrews as equal to other New Testament books. And Justin Martyr, who lived from A.D. 100 to 165, did the same. But Hebrews was omitted from the Marcionite Canon, written around A.D. 144,