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Go to Him "without the camp,"
His reproach to gladly bear.
Suffered He without the gate,
How can I in comfort share?
His reproach to gladly bear.
Suffered He without the gate,
How can I in comfort share?
2
Go to Him "without the camp,"
Willing e'en to bear the cross;
He has trod the narrow way,
I will follow, suff'ring loss.
Willing e'en to bear the cross;
He has trod the narrow way,
I will follow, suff'ring loss.
3
Go to Him "without the camp,"
Dear ones, relatives forsake;
He the Father's will did mind,
In His passion I partake.
Dear ones, relatives forsake;
He the Father's will did mind,
In His passion I partake.
4
Go to Him "without the camp,"
His companion I will be;
Never join religion's ranks
Or the world's society.
His companion I will be;
Never join religion's ranks
Or the world's society.
5
Go to Him "without the camp,"
Though the path be lone and grim;
Let all human friends desert,
I am satisfied with Him.
Though the path be lone and grim;
Let all human friends desert,
I am satisfied with Him.
6
Go to Him "without the camp,"
There to walk with Him, how blest!
E'er to see His smiling face
Ever in His presence rest.
There to walk with Him, how blest!
E'er to see His smiling face
Ever in His presence rest.
7
Go to Him "without the camp,"
Till the dawning of the day;
Then I'll see Him and rejoice,
With Him in His kingdom stay.
Till the dawning of the day;
Then I'll see Him and rejoice,
With Him in His kingdom stay.
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(1) Outside the Camp
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Hebrews 13:13 indicates that the believers are to follow Jesus outside the camp: “Let us therefore go forth unto Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. ” Both in the book of Hebrews and in typology the camp signifies the organization of religion, which is human and earthly. To go outside the camp means to go outside the human organization of religion. Whereas the camp signifies the human organization, the city (v. 14) signifies the earthly realm. In the book of Hebrews both the gate (v. 12) and the camp signify the Jewish religion with its two aspects, the earthly and the human. Judaism is both earthly and human. Every religion is both a human organization and an earthly realm which keeps people from God’s New Testament economy. Any religion—Judaism, Catholicism, or Protestantism—which has rejected the Lord is a camp, a human organization, given up by Him.
The book of Hebrews instructs and charges us to come forward to the Holy of Holies and to enter within the veil. The way into the Holy of Holies, a new and living way, has been slain. First, this book ushers us into the Holy of Holies and then directs us to go outside the camp. According to our concept, we first go outside the camp and then enter within the veil. But according to God’s understanding, we first enter within the veil and only then can we go outside the camp. Everyone who has gone outside the camp has first experienced what is within the veil. No one has first gone outside the camp and then entered within the veil. Although the Lord Jesus first went outside the gate and then entered within the veil, it is exactly the opposite with us. In other words, first we enter into the Holy of Holies, where we are strengthened and encouraged to go outside the camp, and then we go out of the organization of religion. The more we enter within the veil, the more we go outside the camp.
In the book of Hebrews the phrases “within the veil” and “outside the camp” are crucial and very meaningful. On the one hand, we enjoy Christ within the veil; on the other hand, we follow Jesus outside the camp. The goal and ultimate conclusion of this book is that we all would enter within the veil and then go outside the camp.
(2) Bearing His Reproach
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Hebrews 13:13 indicates that as we follow Jesus outside the camp, we bear His reproach. To be within the veil is to enter into the Holy of Holies where the Lord is enthroned in glory, and to go outside the camp is to come out of religion, whence the Lord was cast out in rejection. This signifies that we must be in our spirit, where, experientially speaking, the practical Holy of Holies is today, and outside religion, where the practical camp is today. The more we are in our spirit enjoying the heavenly Christ, the more we shall be outside religion following the suffering Jesus. To be in our spirit to enjoy the glorified Christ enables us to come outside religion to follow the rejected Jesus. The more we contact the heavenly Christ in His glory in our spirit, the more we shall go to the lowly Jesus in His suffering outside religion. To contact Christ in the heavens, enjoying His glorification, energizes us to take the narrow pathway of the cross on earth and to bear His reproach.
The Conclusion of the
New Testament:
The Believers, Message 150 (LSM)
London, UK
Lord Jesus I love you! Fully bring me without the camp -outside the camp! I choose the narrow way forsaking religion's ranks. Amen.