The Crown of Thorns
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด!โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.ย ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฎ๐ณโ๐ฏ๐ญ
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A crown symbolizes royal authority, power, and dignity. Yet, when we look at the cross, we do not see the kind of king typically deserving of such a crown. Instead, we see the complete oppositeโa crown of thorns placed on the King of kings, intended as a mockery of His kingship.ย
Thorns are a symbol of the curse of sin (Genesis 3:18). The crown of thorns echoes that curse, as Jesus took upon Himself the weight of sin for the redemption of the world. This crown is one that was fashioned by the soldiers uniquely for Jesus to wear.ย
Jesus was surrounded by soldiers who stripped off His robe and dressed Him in a purple garment. He was spat upon, slapped, and subjected to intense humiliation, yet He did not retaliate. Instead, Jesus endured all this because of the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:2). He did not give the soldiers what they deserved, nor did He complain. Quietly, He allowed the mockery, knowing that this was the only way for His creation to be restored to Him. Jesus entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly (1 Peter 2:23โ24). Jesus is the God of all gods and the King of all kings, fully capable of punishing them, yet He chose not to. Instead, He allowed them to fulfill what was written in Scripture. He willingly suffered to fully pay the penalty for our sins. It demonstrates the profound humility of Christ. The One who holds full authority in heaven and on earth willingly allowed Himself to be humiliated, for our sake.
When Jesus first came in the flesh, He came humbly enduring the crown of thorns. In the book of Revelation, Scripture tells us that Jesus is coming againโthis time in power and glory. We are told that He wears many crowns (Revelation 19:12) and is worthy of all other crowns laid down before Him (Revelation 4:4, 10). We are reminded that the crown of thorns is the most humbling of all the crowns He wore. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐โ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐, ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐. He wore the crown of thorns so that, when we place our trust in Him, we can wear the crown of righteousness (2 Timothy 4:8). The one who bore this crown of thorns now sits on the throne, ruling and reigning forever.ย
โCrown of Thornsโ by Ira Stanphill
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ
๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ
๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด
๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐
โข Reflect on the crowns of Christ. How do you view and respond to His kingship? Have you come under the authority of Jesus as Lord and King of your life? How can your life be an example of worship and yielding to who He is?ย
โข Thank God for how Christ came on earth, humbled Himself, and became obedient to the point of death on the cross to make us righteous before Him.
โข Pray that just like Jesus, weโll take on His posture of humility even when faced with humiliation (Philippians 2:3โ11; 1 Peter 2:23โ24).ย
๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง
Dear Lord, thank You for humbling Yourself, wearing the crown of thorns, and suffering for our sake. Help us understand the depth of Your sacrifice on the cross, so that we may learn to live in gratitude, trusting in Your love and grace. Amen.