Jesus wore a crown of thorns? Do you understand the point, the symbolism? ?

Good morning all. Sorry for being so inconsistent in doing my studies. God willing I will do better.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

   Pray for all the people who are having to endure the in-climate weather.  Ice and snow is foreign to most people in central to south Texas.

  Jesus, King of the curse.  Hmm!  Why would I say this?  Let's look into this further.

Why did Jesus wear a crown of thorns?  The most common answer would be that the soldiers were mocking him as king.  A crown is a symbol of royalty, power, wealth and glory.  But Jesus' crown was made of thorns.  Why?

   When man fell, Adam and Eve, the consequence of that fall was the curse: cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you…” (Genesis 3:17-18,)

  The thorns were the sign of the curse, of a fallen world.  The Roman soldiers (Matthew 27:29) unknowingly took an object of the curse and fashioned it into a crown for the one who would deliver us from that curse.

          “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree’” (Galatians 3:13). Christ, in His perfect atoning sacrifice, has delivered us from the curse of sin, of which a thorn is a symbol.  All of this was intended to be a mockery, the crown of thorns was an excellent symbol of who Jesus is and what He came to accomplish.   What the Roman soldiers meant as a mockery, was in fact a picture of Christ’s two roles, first of suffering servant (Isaiah 53), and second of a conquering Messiah- a King.

   The crown of thorns are linked to the curse, and the curse is linked to death.  So, the crown of thorns ordains that Jesus, the Messiah, will die, yet rising in 3 days.  He will bear the weight of the curse upon His head, thus becoming the King of Thorns or the King of the Curse.  Since a crown represents authority of one who reigns, then by Jesus wearing this crown He is bearing the weight of the curse and becomes king over it. Since Jesus is King of the Curse he is the king of us all who are:  broken, pierced and wounded, rejected, overcome with tears, the fallen.  Therefore, all of us who are fallen and call on Jesus as our Saviour do find redemption. He who wears the crown, Jesus, has authority over all things.  Jesus will turn our grief into joy, death into life, and our thorns will become blossoms. 

   Please read these verses:  Isaiah 53:1-3; 61;1-3, Today, bring all your thorns - the misery, the anguish, hatred, sorrows, wounds, sins of your life and give them to the King of Thorns, putting all you have under His authority and then rejoice in the LORD, rejoice I say.  Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny