The key to understanding the infamous warning passages in the book of Hebrews is to understand the history of the Exodus generation. The Exodus generation is used throughout the book of Hebrews as the primary point of departure to help the Bible student chart his way through the difficulties of the book. Not only does the history of the Exodus generation provide interpretive controls to narrow down the field of meaning when it comes to exegetical problems in the text of Hebrews, but it also provides the serious student of the Word a biblical framework from which to being digging into the details of the text. When it comes to the proper exegesis of the book of the Hebrews, rustic and realistic Old Testament history comes before preconceived theological theories and niceties.
