Explore the place of Hebrews as Christian Scripture. Ernst Käsemann was an influential New Testament scholar of the 20th century. He wrote much through his time imprisoned by the Nazi party in Germany. Consider that the appropriate way to receive revelation is as one on a journey. Käsemann is an important commentator on the Letter to the Hebrews. Explore that the central theme of Hebrews is the idea of the pilgrimage of the people of God. Pilgrimage is central to the Christian life. Reflect on Psalm 1 as the idea of a journey and path is laid out and the opportunity to choose righteousness or wickedness. It is paradigmatic for what is found in the New Testament. Consider Acts 9:2 in which Paul knows the threats that came up against Christians and in Acts 22:4 in which Paul confesses he had persecuted the “Way” meaning the path or the journey Christians take. Consider that Hebrews includes language of motion and uses verbs of motion as exampled in 10:22 with “draw near” and 10:36 “need of endurance” (race imagery). Hebrews continues to speak of our journey of faith. It gives us the option of a journey that leads to life or a journey that leads us to death. The genre of the text is a sermon but it ends as a letter. It is meant to continue to shape the Christian life generation after generation. Authorship debates help illustrate this. It was written by a second or third generation Christian but the author is unknown. The form of the letter is worth noting. It is unique. It moves wavelike between exhortation and reflections on who Christ is and how great Christ is. It escalates as we move through the letter and reaches the pinnacle in chapter 12. Consider a preview of John Webster’s paper “One Who Is Son”.