In its plain language
Hebrews 6 discusses Christians who have fallen away, and states that it is impossible for them to return. It is no different than 2 Peter.
As I showed in my previous post concerning Heb 6, there are two distinct groups being talked about IN CONTEXT, believers & unbelievers.
And as for 2 Peter chapter 2, you have once again shown your ignorance of the CONTEXT, about who it is talking about in that chapter. Had you read the whole chapter, rather than cherry picked just two verses & pulled them out of the context, you would have PLAINLY SEEN it is talking there about FALSE prophets & FALSE teachers NOT Christians who are true prophets & true teachers. They again are CONTRASTED to the believers Peter is writing to.
vs 1: But false prophets also arose AMONG THE PEOPLE, just as there will be false teachers AMONG YOU, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon THEMSELVES swift destruction.
vs 2: And many will follow THEIR sensuality & because of THEM the way of truth will be blasphemed.
vs 3: And in THEIR greed THEY will exploit YOU with FALSE words. THEIR condemnation from long ago is not idle & THEIR destruction is not asleep.
vs 4: For IF God did NOT spare angels when THEY sinned, but cast them into hell {Tartarus} & committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment
Notice the example & comparison of evil spirits/demons to these false prophets & teachers, obviously not Christians
vs 5:IF He did NOT spare the ancient world, BUT PRESERVED NOAH, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon THE WORLD OF THE UNGODLY...
Once again, the the plain example, contrast with Noah & comparison of the end judgment of the ungodly with these false teachers & prophets--of those who were not spared--the world of the ungodly vs preserving Noah & seven others who were righteous.
To make this crystal clear, the Apostle Peter uses a THIRD EXAMPLE in vs 6, to get his main point across--the infiltration of the believers with false teachers & prophets bringing destructive heresies, who have long ago been destined for destruction!
vs 6: IF by turning the cities of Sodom & Gomorrah to ashes He CONDEMNED THEM to DESTRUCTION, making them AN EXAMPLE of what is going to happen TO THE UNGODLY...
vs 7,8 and IF He rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of THE WICKED (for as that righteous man lived AMONG THEM day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul OVER THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS that he saw & heard)
vs 9,10 THEN--the Lord knows how to RESCUE THE GODLY FROM TRIALS & to keep the UNRIGHTEOUS UNDER PUNISHMENT until the day of judgment & especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion & despise authority.
Once again the comparison & contrast between the unbelieving wicked & the believing righteous. God is able to rescue the godly from their trials. Referring back to the Hebrew SAINTS, they were in the midst of great trials, having even their homes, land & possessions taken from them, so the comparison is amazing!
Now Peter turns back, in context, to these false prophets & teachers, who are feasting with the Hebrew believers in Christ.
vs 11 Bold & willful, THEY do not tremble as THEY BLASPHEME the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might & power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against THEM before the Lord.
vs 12: But THESE, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught & DESTROYED, BLASPHEMING about matters of which they are ignorant, will also BE DESTROYED IN THEIR DESTRUCTION, suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing.
vs 13: They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots & blemishes, reveling in THEIR DECEPTIONS, while THEY feast WITH YOU. (once again the contrast between the 2 groups)
vs 14: THEY have eyes FULL OF ADULTERY, INSATIABLE FOR SIN. THEY ENTICE unsteady souls. THEY have hearts TRAINED IN GREED. ACCURSED children!
These descriptions of continual evil & wickedness describe the wicked, the ungodly, who PRACTICE sin as a lifestyle & do not stop.
I John 3:4-10 Everyone who makes a PRACTICE OF SINNING also PRACTICES lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that He appeared in order to take away sins & in Him there is no sin.
6No one who abides in Him KEEPS ON SINNING; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen Him or knows Him. Little children, LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU! Whoever PRACTICES righteousness is righteous, as He is righteous.
8Whoever makes a PRACTICE OF SINNING is of the devil, for the devil HAS BEEN SINNING SINCE THE BEGINNING. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
9No one born of God makes a PRACTICE OF SINNING, for GOD'S SEED abides in him & he CANNOT KEEP ON SINNING, because he has been BORN OF GOD. By this it is evident who are the children OF GOD & who are the children OF THE DEVIL: whoever does not PRACTICE righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
And this relates DIRECTLY BACK TO HEBREWS 6, when it describes the practice of the Hebrew Christians!
Heb 6:10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work & THE LOVE that you have shown for his name IN SERVING THE SAINTS, AS YOU STILL DO.
That was their practice of life, loving the brethren & God & still practicing that love.
Getting back to 2 Peter 2 in vss 15,16. The Apostle Peter AGAIN uses another example of ungodliness in the way of Balaam, comparing these false prophets & teachers with him.
vs 15,16: Forsaking the right way, THEY have gone astray. THEY have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved GAIN FROM WRONGDOING, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice & restrained the prophet’s madness.
The description of them continues & has not stopped since vs 1.
vs 17-19: THESE are waterless springs & mists driven by a storm. FOR THEM the GLOOM OF UTTER DARKNESS HAS BEEN RESERVED. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, THEY ENTICE BY SENSUAL PASSIONS OF THE FLESH those who are barely escaping from those who LIVE IN {PRACTICE} ERROR. THEY promise them freedom, but THEY THEMSELVES ARE SLAVES OF CORRUPTION. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
Now the verses you took out of all this context with vs 22.
vss 20-22: For if, after THEY have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ, THEY are again entangled in them & overcome, the last state has become worse for THEM than the first. For it would have been better for THEM never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered TO THEM. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
The parable of the seed/soils shows this plainly. Only the ones who produced fruit were saved people.
Matt 13:20,21 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word & immediately RECEIVES IT WITH JOY, yet he has NO ROOT IN HIMSELF, but endures for a while & when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, IMMEDIATELY HE FALLS AWAY.
vs 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who HEARS THE WORD, but the cares of the WORLD & the DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES CHOKE THE WORD & IT PROVES UNFRUITFUL.
Jesus describes these unbelievers as receiving the knowledge of Himself & the kingdom with joy at first & knowing the truth, but these do not last nor bear fruit. The deceitfulness of riches is their downfall, much like Peter describing the way of Balaam. Unbelievers hear the gospel, some at first with joy but they are not saved. They then reject the right way & go on living in the world.
So, had you read carefully the whole context of both Heb 6 & 2 Peter 2, you would have avoided your incorrect interpretations, in my understanding of those passages.
