Golgotha is referred to in early writings as a hill resembling a skullcap located very near to a gate into Jerusalem: "A spot there is called Golgotha, – of old the fathers' earlier tongue thus called its name, 'The skull-pan of a head'
Since the 6th century it has been referred to as the location of a mountain and as a small hill since 333AD.
The Gospels describe it as a place near enough to the city that those coming in and out could read the inscription 'Jesus of Nazareth – King of the Jews'.
When the King James Version of the Bible was written, the translators used an anglicized version – Calvary – of the Latin gloss from the Vulgate (Calvary), to refer to Golgotha in the Gospel of Luke, rather than translate it; subsequent uses of Calvary stem from this single translation decision. The location itself is mentioned in all four canonical Gospels:
Mark: And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).
Matthew: And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).
Luke: And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
John: So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha.
In the Douay-Rheims Version (a Roman Catholic English translation of the Bible), Luke 23:33 reads:
"And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there; and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left."
The “place of a skull” (Aramaic: gagûltâ ܓܓܘܠܬܐ) etymology is based on the Hebrew verbal root גלל g-l-l, from which the Hebrew word for skull, גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgōleṯ), is derived.
A number of alternative explanations have been given for the name. It has been suggested that the Aramaic name is actually Gol Goatha, meaning mount of execution, possibly the same location as the Goatha mentioned in a Book of Jeremiah passage, describing the geography of Jerusalem. An alternative explanation is that the location was a place of public execution, and the name refers to abandoned skulls that would be found there, or that the location was near a cemetery, and the name refers to the bones buried there.
In some Christian and Jewish traditions, the name Golgotha refers to the location of the skull of Adam. A common version states that Shem and Melchizedek traveled to the resting place of Noah's Ark, retrieved the body of Adam from it, and were led by Angels to Golgotha – described as a skull-shaped hill at the centre of the Earth, where also the serpent's head had been crushed following the fall of man.
This tradition appears in numerous older sources, including the Kitab al-Magall, the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, the Cave of Treasures, and the writings of Patriarch Eutychius of Alexandria. It is also suggested that the location's landscape resembled the shape of a skull, and gained its name for that reason.
The main purpose of Crucifixion
Christianity’s primary premise is that the incarnation and death of Jesus Christ formed the climax of a divine plan for humanity’s salvation.
This plan was conceived by God consequent on the Fall of Adam, the progenitor of the human race, and it would be completed at the Last Judgment, when the Second Coming of Christ would mark the catastrophic end of the world
For Christianity, salvation is only possible through Jesus Christ. Christians believe that Jesus' death on the cross was the once-for-all sacrifice that atoned for the sin of humanity.
The Christian religion, though not the exclusive possessor of the idea of redemption, has given to it a special definiteness and a dominant position. Taken in its widest sense, as deliverance from dangers and ills in general, most religions teach some form of it.
It assumes an important position, however, only when the ills in question form part of a great system against which human power is helpless.
According to Christian belief, sin as the human predicament is considered to be universal.
For example, in Romans 1:18-3:20 the Apostle Paul declared everyone to be under sin—Jew and Gentile alike. Salvation is made possible by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which in the context of salvation is referred to as the "atonement".
Christian soteriology ranges from exclusive salvation to universal reconciliation concepts. While some of the differences are as widespread as Christianity itself, the overwhelming majority agrees that salvation is made possible by the work of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, dying on the cross.
"At the heart of Christian faith is the reality and hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. Christian faith is faith in the God of salvation revealed in Jesus of Nazareth. The Christian tradition has always equated this salvation with the transcendent, eschatological fulfillment of human existence in a life freed from sin, finitude, and mortality and united with the tribune God. This is perhaps the non-negotiable item of Christian faith. What has been a matter of debate is the relationship between salvation and our activities in the world."
A Prayer of Salvation
Dear God, I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins and was raised from the dead on the third day.
I ask You to forgive me for all my sins past and present. I turn from my sins and ask Jesus Christ to come into my body, soul, and spirit. I confess Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour and ask You to cleanse me with Your blood. I ask You, O God, to completely fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may know what it means to be “born again.” I thank You for deliverance in every areas of my life and I ask You these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, we believe that God has accepted you and granted your prayers.
We, the youths of CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST Calvary Parish 2, cordially invite the general public to Golgotha 2017.
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Coming up March 10th, 2017.
@ CALVARY II REVIVAL GROUND, AKUTE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.
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