SNT 1323 The Place: Golgotha
Beautiful, you may be seated. Thank you Ted, Dorothy and Tony. I’d like you to take your Bibles and go to the Gospel of Mark. Rev. Martindale received this week one of the things for this occasion which he passed on to me to share with you this evening. You see, we’re right in the grove of things here. Now, I personally couldn’t eat this myself just knowing that the cross does represent death – having a chocolate cross – besides that it’s made wrong, so I brought my knife along here. Is that better? Oh well, if I ate this … maybe I’d share with some of you, I don’t know. This wasn’t in the script, but, at any rate that’s closer to the truth of what it actually would have looked like. Now, it wasn’t one like this, but he had his hands above his head. In the Gospel of Mark – this evening I am sharing with you on the subject called The Place, Golgotha. When you are in Israel they take you to a couple different places that are traditionally the sites: one is a Roman Catholic site, the other is predominantly a Protestant site where they believe Golgotha is. I’m going to share with you a third location that has only been recently thought of, and I think this is supported by the scripture, rather than by tradition. In Mark 15 in verse 15 – we’ll begin reading here, it says: Mark 15:15-19 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into … [a] hall, called Praetorium; and they call[ed] together the whole band [the band of soldiers]. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews [or Judeans]! And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. Now you see, traditionally this period of time is relatively short. But, in fitting all the records together (which Dr. Wierwille has done in Jesus Christ Our Passover
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area, the area of registry, the Golgotha area, which is the area or the place of the poll, the place of registry where the people went to be registered. He suffered without the gate. Hebrews 13:13-15a Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice [that he offered, let’s be crucified. No.] It says in Romans we were crucified with him. When he suffered we suffered with him. When he was on that cross, when he was crucified, we were crucified with him Romans says. When he died, we died with him. When he was buried, we were buried with him. When he was raised, we were raised with him. So do you need to suffer on the cross? NO! He suffered for you. He was that sacrifice. Hebrews 13:15 … [but] let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the