03/28/2024
Have you ever wondered about the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus?
From my devotion -The Book Of Mysteries
The Lord Of Eden
We sat down in a desert valley surrounded by mountains. Between us was a little thorn bush. The teacher reached for one of its branches, twisted it off, and held it in front of his eyes.
“Thorns,” he said. “Did you ever wonder why Messiah wore a crown of thorns?”
“ I’ve always found it is strange thing.”
“Think about it, a crown, a symbol of royalty, power, kingship, wealth, and glory… Yet made not of gold or jewels, but thorns. Why? When man fell, the consequences of that fall was the curse; the ground would now bear thorns and thistles. The thorns were thus the sign of the curse, the sign of a fallen world, a creation that can no longer bear the fruit it was called to bear, but now brings forth thorns, pain, piercing, blood, tears, and destruction.”
“He handed me the branch of thorns, then continued, “Now when a crown is placed on a man’s head, he becomes king. At that moment, the weight of the kingdom rest upon him. So what is the mystery of the crown of thorns that was placed on the head of Messiah?”
“When the crown is placed on His head, He became…”
“The King of Thorns. Thorns speak of pain and tears. So the crown of thorns means he will now bear the pain and tears of man. Thorns speak of piercing. So he will be pierced. And the thorns are linked to the curse, and the curse is linked to death. So the crown of thorns ordains that Messiah will die. He will bear the weight of the curse upon his head. He becomes the King of the Thorns, the King of the Curse.”
“But a crown, also signifies authority,” I said. “One who reigns.”
“Yes,  and this, by bearing the weight of the curse, he becomes king over it. He becomes king of the curse.”
“And king of the cursed.”
“King of the Broken,King of the Pierced and Wounded, King of the Rejected, and King of Tears. So all who have fallen can come to Him and find redemption. For the one who wears the Crown has authority over those things… To turn sorrow into joy, death into life, and thorns into blossoms. He who wears the Crown is Lord of the Fallen… The king of the Thorns.”
The Mission: Today, bring the thorns, the wounds, the shame, the sorrows of your life to the King of the Thorns, and commit them to His authority.
Isaiah 53:3-5; 61:1-3; Matthew 27:29; Galatians 3:13