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A Skull
“And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified Him” (John 19:17-18).
In three of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, and John), we are told that Golgotha means “the place of a skull.” While this no doubt describes the appearance of the place where Jesus was crucified, there is a deeper significance to the meaning of Golgotha, which is Calvary.
A skull is the empty head of one who is dead. This typifies man in his natural state. “Dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), and “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them” (1 Corinthians 2:14). In other words, this was the height of man’s intellect … to crucify the Son of God. However, little did they know that this would be the very source of salvation and blessing for man. “Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:8).
Today, we, as believers, rejoice that through that mighty work at Golgotha we have “redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:14).
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