THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CALVARY

TEXT- LUKE 23:33

INTRODUCTION

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN A THREE WEEK SERIES OF SERMONS ON WHAT I HAVE CALLED A "MINI TOUR OF ISRAEL".

FOR THE LAST THREE SUNDAY MORNINGS OF THIS MONTH I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT SITES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

THESE THREE PLACES THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT IS CALVARY, THE JORDAN RIVER., AND THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE PLACE CALLED CALVARY.

OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM THERE IS A SMALL HILL CALLED "CALVARY."

THIS HILL IS NOT A GIANT MOUNTAIN LIKE MOUNT EVEREST, YET IT IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN IF NOT THE BEST KNOWN HILLS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

THE NAME "CALVARY" IS A LATIN WORD THAT MEANS, "THE SKULL."

WITHIN THE BIBLE THIS PLACE CALLED "CALVARY" IS ALSO CALLED "GOLGOTHA" WHICH IS A HEBREW WORD THAT MEANS, "THE PLACE OF THE SKULL."

FROM THE NAME "CALVARY" WE CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF A PLACE IT IS.  LET’S LOOK NOW AND SEE FOUR WAYS CALVARY CAN BE CHARACTERIZED.