Bible Explained

Nothing in the Bible is incidental. So what is the significance of Jesus being crucified “at Golgotha (the place of the Skull) ” according to Mark 15v22?

Rev 12 tells us that the serpent in the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3 is that great dragon Satan.

God’s promise to Eve in Gen 3v15 that her seed will strike this beast’s head and he will only bruise his heel sounds far from impressive if we think of it only as a tiny snake. Eve could have crushed it’s head herself. But if it is a mighty dragon beast then bruising its unreachable head sounds far more impressive. How will mankind ever conquer Satan, sin and death?

When David, God’s great king, encounters the mighty beast of a man Goliath in 1 Sam 17 we learn some important things. Goliath is about 10 feet tall and he is from Gath. A beast of a man. Interestingly his armour is described as being made from scales like a serpent in 1 Sam 17v5. He epitomises the enemy of God’s champion.

How does David kill him? By bruising his unreachable head with a stone and then chopping off his head and bringing it back to Jerusalem 1 Sam 17v54. Because Jerusalem was the holy city this would have been hung outside the city, not inside. Where?

Gol-Gath-a. A contraction of Goliath of Gath. The place of his giant skull.

So Jesus, the Son of David, comes along and dies at Golgotha, there defeating and disarming the mighty Leviathan Satan Col 2v13-15 and putting him to shame. How? By his feet being BRUISED and pierced on the tree as he dies for our sins winning forgiveness and redemption and new life for sinful mankind.

Joshua 10v24 says that defeated kings were humiliated by the victors placing their feet on the losing Kings’ necks. Jesus, the victorious King’s feet at the cross rest on The Place of the Skull. Death has been defeated and crushed by Jesus at the cross!

Hallelujah!