Was it Paul? I don’t think so. We aren’t told so we can’t assume. How do we know this? Paul tells us.
Paul, closing 2 Thessalonians, curiously tells us how we can know if a letter from him is genuine. In other words, not only do we see a foreshadowing here that false letters would come to deceive and even bear his name, but, he is giving us a clue that sets a precedent for us to always know if he wrote something. He always signed it and declared that he was the author and if a letter was not signed by him, he did not write it.
He did not sign Hebrews. God would have made sure he signed it if he wrote it.
The purpose for this letter in 2 Thess. , we know, was to correct a lie in the church then that said the rapture had already come, and they missed it. Paul is showing them that he signs what he writes.
So who wrote Hebrews? Oh my word, I think God did! It’s so obvious! Did He use an author? I don’t think so. I think He wrote with His own hand. Don’t we remember Him doing this twice in scripture?
Who wrote the Ten Commandments on stone? God did…using His own hand!
Who wrote on the Wall in Babylon to Belteshassar? It was God’s actual hand. He did not use a man’s hand. How cool is that!
Hebrews is one of those books that Peter said would be hard to understand and it is! God wrote it. It is a very, very amazing work that God decided to write Himself and there is much more to be said on this topic and so much more to investigate.
Now, He also wrote the entire word of God in absolute perfection, also using His hand, that was within the believer who He used to write it. It was His hand within Peter who wrote 1 and 2 Peter. But… I think He wrote Hebrews without the use of a human hand and there is tremendous insight here and a treasure to be found.
God bless you today! Go search it out!
Amen!