Jesus was not welcome every place He went. “Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned” Luke 8:37 (NRSV).  He was also rejected by the people of His home synagogue and by the leaders of Judaism.  He was rejected for a radical message that confronted the government of men with the government of God’s kingdom.  He was rejected for exposing religious hypocrisy where piety neglected justice, mercy and faith (Matthew 23:23).  He was crucified outside the city gate as a sign of his final rejection (Hebrews13:12).  There he died as a sin offering that was efficacious even for the rejectors.