Dr. Joseph Dillow has this important point on this topic: “The things to which he [the writer of the book of Hebrews] refers are defined in the following verses (Hebrews 6:10-12): work and love, diligence to the end, and faith and patience. Salvation is the victorious participation with Christ in the coming kingdom as it is in Heb. 1:14, which only those who persevere as companions of the King will inherit. The writer obviously expects that his readers will persevere to the end, enter into rest, and obtain these blessings.”1The Reign of the Servant Kings By Dr. Joseph C. Dillow. Page 132
Dr. Dillow concludes with this: “Salvation is a broad term. However, only with difficulty can the common meaning of ‘deliver from hell’ be made to fit into numerous passages. It commonly means ‘to make whole,’ ‘to sanctify’, ‘to endure victoriously,’ or ‘to be delivered from some general trouble or difficulty.’ Without question, the common ‘knee-jerk’ reaction which assumes that ‘salvation’ always has eternal deliverance in view, has seriously compromised the ability of many to objectively discern what the New Testament writers intended to teach. As a result, Experimental Predestinarian views [those that maintain that ones salvation must be tested by experiment, i.e., ones life experience] have gained wider acceptance than they should have.” 2 The Reign of the Servant Kings by Joseph C. Dillow pp. 132-3
“Here in Hebrews a different salvation3From that in Paul where it is understand as being saved from eternal damnation in the lake of fire. is in view: co-rulership with Christ in the coming kingdom.”4The Reign of the Servant Kings By Dr. Joseph C. Dillow page 84
“The work of Christ, his suffering and death, and the future salvation are inextricably bound together (Heb. 2:5–10).”5Pursuit of Perfection: Significance of the Perfection Motif in the Epistle to the Hebrews Seth M. Simisi page 41 available here
F.F. Bruce states, “The salvation here spoken of [that is, in Hebrews 5:9] lies in the future; it is yet to be inherited, even if its blessings can already be enjoyed in anticipation.” 6The Epistle to the Hebrews by F. F. Bruce, 25–26)
“The epistle to the Hebrews does not deal with salvation, but the things that accompany it; not the ‘resurrection of the dead’ (6:2) but the ‘better resurrection’; not the exodus from Egypt, but the entrance of the land of promise; not justification by faith, but the emphasis upon the fact that the just shall live by faith. We find the distinction observed in 6:9 [see] and throughout the chapter.” 7Charles Welch. Perfection of Perdition p117
“The writer of Hebrews uses seven eschatological passages in Heb. 1:5-14 to demonstrate Jesus’ right to rule in the coming millennial kingdom. Because of this extensive quoting from six psalms and 2 Samuel 7, the term soteria (‘salvation’) in Heb. 1:14 is best understood in the Old Testament sense as deliverance from the enemies of Yahweh and participation in His kingdom.” [Note: T. Kem Oberholtzer, “The Warning Passages in Hebrews,” Bibliotheca Sacra 145:577 (January-March 1988):96-97.] Constable. Hebrews 1:14
“Perseverance to the end, faithfulness, and doing the will of God are the conditions of obtaining the inheritance-salvation in this epistle, conditions that are absent from the Pauline teaching of obtaining salvation (in the sense of final deliverance from hell) on the basis of faith alone. Here in Hebrews a different salvation is in view: co-rulership with Christ in the coming kingdom.8 The Reign of the Servant Kings by Joseph C. Dillow
“Salvation in Hebrews, as discussed elsewhere (see chapter 4), refers not to final deliverance from hell, which is based upon faith alone, but to the future participation in the rule of man (Hebrews 1:14; 2:5) and which is conditioned upon obedience (cf. Hebrews 5:9).”9 The Reign of the Servant Kings by Joseph C. Dillow
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark [finish line, the goal] for the prize [crown) of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:13, 14). This, we believe, will explain the passage in Hebrews six. He is speaking of Christians who began the race, but fell by the wayside. There comes a time when after repeated warnings and admonitions the Christian continues in disobedience and “willful” sin, until God shelves him, to deal with him at the Judgment Seat of Christ. The passage refers to the sin unto death, the result of presumptuous, willful, continued disobedience against better light. Such may never repent here below, but be among those who shall be “ashamed at His appearing.” It is a serious thing to be a child of God. It carries grave responsibilities; and willful continuance in known sin against clear and better light must call for the chastening of the Lord. The Bible admonishes us: Let a man examine himself. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world (1 Cor. 11:28, 31, 32).” 10Hebrews, M.R. DeHaan, 1966, Zondervan Publishing House
“The neglected salvation [of Heb. 2:3] is not our final deliverance from hell, that is not the salvation ‘about which we are speaking.’ Rather, it is the opportunity to enter into the final destiny of man, to reign with Christ over the works of God’s hands (Heb. 2:8-9).”11Joseph C. Dillow, The Reign of the Servant Kings, p. 131
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