He views the Christian life as a pilgrimage, a quest to reach holy ground. He depicts the object of the quest as a future goal, commanding the reader to strive to enter the promised rest (Heb 4:11). At the same time, he declares that we already enjoy access to the inmost sanctuary (Heb 10:19). This paradox, whereby we do and do not occupy sacred space, finds expression in Heb 12:22–24, which locates the Christian in the suburbs of the heavenly city, so to speak.
