“Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” -Hebrews 13:13-14
This is a call for us to take our place as sojourners and exiles (1 Peter 1:1, 2:11), bearing the scorn and disrespect of our community and of the world, as we join in the suffering of our Savior; with which he forgave and cleansed or souls. We can do this with hope because we are not awaiting any reward on this earth, but instead, we endure for the eternal reward which Christ purchased through his death.
We must be cautious however, as this call to willing give ourselves over to the reproach of the world is encouraging, the truth is that most of us are not actual desirous of carrying it out to fruition. So much of our Christianity, mine included, is protected inside the comforts of our Christian community and insulated from actually having to be naked and exposed in front of the mocking crowds in the way that Christ was on the Cross. To truly fulfill this we must pray for a heart to do such a thing, in the way that Christ did in Gethsemane before his death, so that we can be conformed into bearing that burden alongside of him.
Posted by Todd Burus 
