Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Jesus suffered and died outside Jerusalem's walls at Calvary, the place of execution for criminals, shedding His own blood to sanctify and purchase His people. As the Substitute for fallen humanity He bore the curse of the broken law and the penalty belonging to sinners, fulfilling the type of the red heifer slain outside the camp and of the sin offering taken outside the camp, and completing the perfect atonement so that no further sacrifice is needed. His dying outside the city shows He did not die for the Jewish nation alone but for all mankind, offering salvation to every nation, tongue, and people. His blood makes holy those who surrender to Him, presenting them spotless before the Father and purged from dead works, giving righteousness and justification through faith while He intercedes for them as High Priest and Advocate. Because He bore reproach outside the gate, His followers are called to go to Him outside the camp and bear His reproach, leaving ease and self-pleasing to share His humiliation, self-denial, and selfless labor to seek and save the lost.
Suffering Outside the Gate
Jesus suffered and died outside Jerusalem's gate, outside the city walls at Calvary, at the place of execution where criminals were put to death. His being slain outside the gates fulfilled the place appointed for such death.
His death outside the city corresponds to Adam and Eve's banishment from Eden after breaking God's law. As their Substitute for humanity He bore the curse of the law in order to redeem humanity. He bore the people's iniquities and bore the penalty that belonged to sinners.
His death fulfills the type of the red heifer led outside the camp and slain in a solemn manner. It fulfills also the pattern of the sin offering taken outside the camp. His death completed the sacrificial offering of Himself as the antitype of the sacrificial system and a perfect atonement, the one sacrifice of value. In Him the Jewish sacrifices met their fulfillment so the ceremonial rites are no longer needed and no further sacrifice is needed.
The place outside shows He did not die for the Hebrews, Israel, or the Jewish nation alone but for all mankind and the whole world. By dying without the city He proclaimed to a fallen world that He has come to be their Redeemer and urged all to accept the salvation He offers to every nation, tongue, and people.
Sanctified by His Blood
Though sinless Himself, Jesus was under no obligation to become a sacrifice, yet He suffered outside Jerusalem's gate and shed His own blood to sanctify the people and to purchase them as His own. To sanctify is to make holy, and it is Christ's blood that sanctifies His people. Its virtue is to be sought for sanctification even amid affliction.
Through that blood He presents the surrendered soul spotless before the Father and purges it from dead works, and as He takes possession of that soul He renews it, sustains it, and guides it. His sacrifice for sin and His merits are the grounds on which His righteousness is received and justification is obtained through faith. Having completed the sacrificial offering of Himself and made perfect atonement, He is now the people's High Priest and Advocate interceding for them, while they look for His glorious appearing. His work among the Jews prepared His disciples to carry the message of the Saviour's love to those outside the camp, and His mission would continue through their service after His ascension.
Going Outside the Camp
His suffering outside the gate bearing reproach is joined to the call for His followers to go to Him outside the camp and city gate and bear His reproach. He suffered outside the camp and shed His own blood to sanctify the people, making them holy, and that going to Him means sharing the reproach He bore.
He lived not to please Himself and never walked in paths of self-pleasing, self-indulgence, or self-pleasure. Duty to Him will not lead in the smoothest paths but may lead through difficult paths. Those bought with a price must never sacrifice Christian principle to meet the world's standard but remain faithful and stand firm in faith wherever providence places them, trusting God will give strength and letting nothing interpose between the soul and God.
Going to Him means offering continual praise and thanks to God rather than indulging in sorrow. It means enduring trials without complaint, girding up the mind, and withstanding Satan's attacks as He did. His experience of temptation and human suffering equips Him to help the tempted, which is an example for those who suffer justly after pursuing a course He warned against.
His example calls for sacrifice rather than being drawn away from the work by comfort or selfish concerns. It calls for serving humbly rather than seeking worldly honor. It is an example of wide, gentle love, so that those who belong to Him should not cast out friends or hold bitterness against them.
Going outside the camp means leaving ease and home to undertake labor for God in faith and hope, being partakers with Christ of His trials, humiliation, burden-bearing and self-denial, wearing His yoke with meekness and lowliness of heart. It means putting forth actual effort to save souls from sin and Satan, and sympathizing with fellow workers in their trials, heartaches, disappointments and sufferings. Stay-at-home professed Christians who refuse this misrepresent Christ, weaken the efforts of those bearing heavy burdens by inconsistent conduct, misjudging and depreciating them, and know nothing of self-denial. Those who will not be partakers with Christ in His sufferings will not be partakers with Him in His glory nor enter into the joy of seeing souls saved in His eternal kingdom as the result of self-sacrificing labor together with God.
Because He gave His life for the unjust and has borne reproach and suffering for them, His followers and God's messengers must be willing to go beyond the camp and bear reproach for Him in selfless service to seek and save the lost and work for people in danger of perishing. The truth sanctifies those who receive it, so those who preach it must also be sanctified through it.
Jesus suffered and died outside Jerusalem's walls at Calvary, the place of execution for criminals, shedding His own blood to sanctify and purchase His people. As the Substitute for fallen humanity He bore the curse of the broken law and the penalty belonging to sinners, fulfilling the type of the red heifer slain outside the camp and of the sin offering taken outside the camp, and completing the perfect atonement so that no further sacrifice is needed. His dying outside the city shows He did not die for the Jewish nation alone but for all mankind, offering salvation to every nation, tongue, and people. His blood makes holy those who surrender to Him, presenting them spotless before the Father and purged from dead works, giving righteousness and justification through faith while He intercedes for them as High Priest and Advocate. Because He bore reproach outside the gate, His followers are called to go to Him outside the camp and bear His reproach, leaving ease and self-pleasing to share His humiliation, self-denial, and selfless labor to seek and save the lost.
Suffering Outside the Gate
Jesus suffered and died outside Jerusalem's gate, outside the city walls at Calvary, at the place of execution where criminals were put to death. His being slain outside the gates fulfilled the place appointed for such death.
His death outside the city corresponds to Adam and Eve's banishment from Eden after breaking God's law. As their Substitute for humanity He bore the curse of the law in order to redeem humanity. He bore the people's iniquities and bore the penalty that belonged to sinners.
His death fulfills the type of the red heifer led outside the camp and slain in a solemn manner. It fulfills also the pattern of the sin offering taken outside the camp. His death completed the sacrificial offering of Himself as the antitype of the sacrificial system and a perfect atonement, the one sacrifice of value. In Him the Jewish sacrifices met their fulfillment so the ceremonial rites are no longer needed and no further sacrifice is needed.
The place outside shows He did not die for the Hebrews, Israel, or the Jewish nation alone but for all mankind and the whole world. By dying without the city He proclaimed to a fallen world that He has come to be their Redeemer and urged all to accept the salvation He offers to every nation, tongue, and people.
Sanctified by His Blood
Though sinless Himself, Jesus was under no obligation to become a sacrifice, yet He suffered outside Jerusalem's gate and shed His own blood to sanctify the people and to purchase them as His own. To sanctify is to make holy, and it is Christ's blood that sanctifies His people. Its virtue is to be sought for sanctification even amid affliction.
Through that blood He presents the surrendered soul spotless before the Father and purges it from dead works, and as He takes possession of that soul He renews it, sustains it, and guides it. His sacrifice for sin and His merits are the grounds on which His righteousness is received and justification is obtained through faith. Having completed the sacrificial offering of Himself and made perfect atonement, He is now the people's High Priest and Advocate interceding for them, while they look for His glorious appearing. His work among the Jews prepared His disciples to carry the message of the Saviour's love to those outside the camp, and His mission would continue through their service after His ascension.
Going Outside the Camp
His suffering outside the gate bearing reproach is joined to the call for His followers to go to Him outside the camp and city gate and bear His reproach. He suffered outside the camp and shed His own blood to sanctify the people, making them holy, and that going to Him means sharing the reproach He bore.
He lived not to please Himself and never walked in paths of self-pleasing, self-indulgence, or self-pleasure. Duty to Him will not lead in the smoothest paths but may lead through difficult paths. Those bought with a price must never sacrifice Christian principle to meet the world's standard but remain faithful and stand firm in faith wherever providence places them, trusting God will give strength and letting nothing interpose between the soul and God.
Going to Him means offering continual praise and thanks to God rather than indulging in sorrow. It means enduring trials without complaint, girding up the mind, and withstanding Satan's attacks as He did. His experience of temptation and human suffering equips Him to help the tempted, which is an example for those who suffer justly after pursuing a course He warned against.
His example calls for sacrifice rather than being drawn away from the work by comfort or selfish concerns. It calls for serving humbly rather than seeking worldly honor. It is an example of wide, gentle love, so that those who belong to Him should not cast out friends or hold bitterness against them.
Going outside the camp means leaving ease and home to undertake labor for God in faith and hope, being partakers with Christ of His trials, humiliation, burden-bearing and self-denial, wearing His yoke with meekness and lowliness of heart. It means putting forth actual effort to save souls from sin and Satan, and sympathizing with fellow workers in their trials, heartaches, disappointments and sufferings. Stay-at-home professed Christians who refuse this misrepresent Christ, weaken the efforts of those bearing heavy burdens by inconsistent conduct, misjudging and depreciating them, and know nothing of self-denial. Those who will not be partakers with Christ in His sufferings will not be partakers with Him in His glory nor enter into the joy of seeing souls saved in His eternal kingdom as the result of self-sacrificing labor together with God.
Because He gave His life for the unjust and has borne reproach and suffering for them, His followers and God's messengers must be willing to go beyond the camp and bear reproach for Him in selfless service to seek and save the lost and work for people in danger of perishing. The truth sanctifies those who receive it, so those who preach it must also be sanctified through it.