Outside the camp?
Posted by appolus on April 29, 2013
Heb 13:13-14 Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Jesus is to be found outside the camp, outside the walls, outside the gates. We are told to go to where He is. In those days, the walls represented security and belonging. To be outside the camp was to be outside of fellowship with the rest of society and to be in a dangerous place. Yet, Jesus was to be found in a place called Golgotha, outside of the gates, but within view of the city so that all could see. To leave the security of the walls behind us, we must be willing to find all of our security and belonging in Jesus. If any part of our heart belongs to the city, we will be tempted to look back with longing as judgment begins to pour down upon it, just as Lots wife looked back. Abraham also left his place of belonging, his homeland, and never looked back. It is an eternal city that we seek and we have been called to be sojourners and pilgrims in this voyage of life. Jesus alone is our anchor and only in Him can be found our place of refuge, where He is, is the harbour of our souls
A Call To The Remnant 
Leslie Manto said
Wow, bro, Blaine and I were just saying this yesterday.
We must be outside the camp and not just at the cross…but on the cross.
It seems like the worst place to be, but in reality IT IS the truly liberating place to be.
May the Lord open our eyes, our hearts and see this TRUTH, brother!
In Jesus,
Sister Leslie
appolus said
Amen sister, its good to be where the Lord is!……………..bro Frank
appolus said
In the shadow of Jerusalem
My Christ He died today
For you and I, He died alone
On the rugged cross He’d stay
He did not die within the walls
He died outside the gate
He died that you and I may live
To make the crooked path straight
He did not die a rich mans death
On Him our sins were cast
A thief on either side of Him
He gave up the Ghost at last
Now into the grave they put our Lord
Where all dead men are placed
Yet this was the mighty Son of God
Whom God Himself would raise
And on the third day He arose
And death had lost its sting
The grave had lost its power
Yet the earth had gained its King
All glory to the King of Kings
All hail Emmanuel
No power on earth could hold Him down
Not even the power of hell
The Lord our God is coming soon
He is coming for His own
And men from every tribe on earth
Shall gather round His throne
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
Can you hear the angels sing?
All glory to the risen Lamb
All glory to the King