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The most important thing which happened at Golgotha? Jesus died here for the sins of the world. This is the most important incident that has ever happened on the earth.

Because it was so important, there were a number of other references to it.

Golgotha is the place where Abraham sacrificed his Son Isaac. The LORD himself pointed it out to him after he traveled three days.

And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mounts which I will tell you of.

Gen 22,2

Abraham knew where the land of Moriah was. But the LORD himself would point out the mount on which he would sacrifice his son Isaac.

Issac carried the wood on his back to this mount, foretelling Jesus carrying the wood on his back. On this mount Golgotha (JHWH Jireh) two oaths were given. First, his descendants would be bountiful and victorious and second, that through his seed (Jesus and his disciples) all the nations of the earth would be blessed.

Describing the mount,

And Abraham called the name of that place JHWH Jireh as it is said to this day, In the mount the LORD is seen. Gen 22,14

In its appearance the LORD is seen, for it appears as the top part of the head. While there were thickets there, it was well groomed. But later it was bald and was named 'Golgotha', or 'Place of a skull'. In this way the LORD is seen in the mount.

But even more so, its name is 'JHWH Jireh'. This means 'The LORD sees'. And what is the head looking at? The north side of the Altar and the temple entrance! (Lev 1,3+11) They were before the LORD, him personified by the mount looking in this way.

And what else happened with Golgotha? Eight of the nine Red Heifers were sacrificed on the mount of Olives. As the priest sprinkled the blood seven times, it was required that he gaze at the temple entrance (Num 19,4). His view went directly over Golgotha. Thereby the very place on Golgotha where Jesus would atone for the sins of the world was foretold.

And what else happened in this place between Golgotha and the temple? After David sinned and numbered the Israelites, the LORD brought a plague upon Israel by which seventy thousand men died, not including women and children. As the angel of Judgment passed over Golgotha he stopped. Thereby David made an altar directly before him, which was later the place where the altar was built. And on the north side of this altar all sacrifices of animals were made BEFORE THE LORD.

On this mount, as Jesus died, there was a great earthquake and the graves opened. And then the temple curtain ripped, being testified by three of the four gospels. As even the non-Jewish Centurion saw this, he believed that Jesus was righteous and the Son of God. This mount by the Lion's Gate is the only place from which the curtain ripping could have been seen, for the temple faced east.
At Golgotha Jesus was crucified, dying as a sacrificial Lamb for the sins of the world.

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