Why a Crown of Thorns

  The Word of God gives us great details on the “Battlefield Wounds of Christ” which were inflicted upon Jesus Christ as He gave His life for our redemption.  Taking time to remember those wounds and understanding what He purchased for us could fan into flames the love we should be expressing all year long to our Lord.

  The scene of the battlefield of which Christ was on was humanity at his worst and Jesus was inflicted with many wounds, One of those inflictions was a “crown of thorns.”  Thorns came in with sin and became part of the curse that was the product of sin. (Genesis 3:18)  Therefore, Christ being made a curse for us, and dying to remove that curse from us, felt the pain and hurt of those thorns.

  Jesus’ bearing the crown of thorns answers the type of Abraham’s ram, which took the place of Isaac.  The “thicket” (bak) that the ram had his horns caught in were a dense growth of heavy shrubs or underbrush that are intertwined in a manner that would catch persons or creatures and were very difficult to go through.

  The Bible is very clear, God told Adam, "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.  It will produce thorns and thistles for you…”  (Genesis 3:18)  Thistles (darda) were a very prickly plant having no value for producing life giving fruit.  Even though they are a luxuriantly growing plant, they are still a worthless plant. Thorns (qowts) are a non-fruit bearing bush noted for their sharp, wood-splinter-like spines or tines.

  It has been said that “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay.”  Sin holds you in bondage and keeps you from having a fruitful relationship with Christ.  Sin grows vigorously yet will leave you in a worthless state of mind and heart.  The results of sin never escape the mind of the one who committed it nor of those who have had placed within their minds the horrors of it actions.

  However, the Easter story is God laying the results of sin upon Christ, yet He got victory over sin and death, thus giving eternal life to all who come to Him in repentance.  He got victory over the results of your sins.