Now, where did Christ bear our sins? Hebrews 13:12 says that He suffered outside the gate. The standard sin offerings were killed at the Tabernacle or Temple, but Jesus suffered outside the gate. The most likely place for Christ's crucifixion was across the Kidron Valley, on a slope of the Mount of Olives. Christ's crucifixion was at a place where the centurion could see that the Temple veil, which faced east, was torn from top to bottom (Matthew 7:51-54; Mark 15:38-39). To be able to see that required that the centurion have a specific angle and a minimum elevation in order to see over the Temple wall. (I will refer you to John's sermon entitled, Eden, the Garden, and the Two Trees (Part Three).) Jesus did not suffer at the Temple, where the sin offerings had to be killed. The gospels say He was led away and He was sent from the Temple, from the symbolic presence of God … just like the azazel (Matthew 27:31; Mark 15:20; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). The Second Adam was led and sent away to fulfill the curse on the first Adam, so that we can now come back into God's presence. That was part of the curse He took on our behalf.
