What is now the present day Golgotha?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

There was not a fourth cross at golgotha, but only three.

Jesus was on the cross in the middle.

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. Matt 27,38

According to some early writings, the names of the two crucified with Jesus were Dysmas and Gistas.

His name was Gistas. And he that was crucified on the right, Dysmas by name, reproved that robber, saying: O wretched and miserable man, dost thou not fear God? Apocrypha Gospel Infancy Of Nicodemus 2 10,28

Answer 3

The present day Golgotha is a graveyard. See Link of Golgotha graveyard.

Even in the days of Jesus there was a graveyard directly next to it.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which was never man yet laid. Joh 19,41

Not only does Golgotha look like the top part of a skull, but also similiar to a mound of dirt commonly seen upon graves. Just a few comments about how a graveyard suits the place where Jesus was crucified.

In baptism, as we are immersed as a result of our faith in Jesus and repentance, we are immersed into his death; we are buried with Christ in his crucifixion.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:...Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Rom 6,3,5,6

According to Jewish law (the Red Heifer - Num 19) we become unclean when we touch a dead person, walk over a bone or a grave. When we sin, it is comparable to touching a dead person, we become unclean. All our life long our sins only accumulate until the day of our baptism, where we believe on Jesus and repent. On this day our old man, so very unclean in God's eyes, is buried in Jesus's crucifixion. We are cleansed and forgiven for our sins, and they are buried beneath Golgotha, the place of Christ's crucifixion. We are cleansed by that blood which Jesus shed on Golgotha because of his love for us.

Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Act 2,38

After we are baptized we are not to return to our old life in sin. We are not to walk over the grave where ours sins were buried. And if we do sin after baptism, we are to confess these sins, repent, and take to ourselves that cup of blessing, which is his blood shed for us on Golgotha. These confessed sins are then placed in the graveyard. We are not to go over them any more.

Unconfessed sins are like bones laying under the earth, not brough to a grave. Each time we or anyone goes over them, they become unclean.

He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy. Prov 28,13

In both cases, however, we should avoid going over them, dwelling on them.

If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3,1-3

For these reasons I could not imagine any better use of Golgotha today than that of a graveyard.

Answer 4

Golgotha is believed to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion in Jerusalem, which is now part of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It remains an important pilgrimage site for Christians around the world.