Post 40 of Study: Hebrews 6:13ff

 One other theme of Hebrews is "waiting for the promise." Abraham is the example of "already but not yet." He did receive the promise of a son. He did not--could not on earth--see the fulfillment of "multiplying I will multiply you." He would not see the generations of Israel and he would not see his greatest descendant and he would not see the family of the faithful. 

Verse 17 says "that by two immutable thing, in which it is impossible for God to lie [I believe these are His character and Word] we (might) have strong consolation, who had fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us" (a verse that sounds like Paul in Philippians 2 and 3). 

"Lay hold of the hope set before us." Powerful words. Laying hold takes us back to verse 15: "After Abraham had patiently endured, he obtained the promise." 

Let's be real: the New Testament emphasizes endurance. Not necessarily physical, although sometimes that comes into it We can't succumb to laziness, which is the curse of the pandemic, but daily keeping the promise before us.