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Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man! John 19:5
Something struck me about this crown yesterday. I'm sure I'm not the only one to see it (in fact I know I'm not, Wikipedia mentions it) but it got me to thinking about the curse.
There is many things I can't quite put into words, but it's there.
He was wearing a crown of thorns, a symbol of the curse.
He was before all and created all.
God cursed the ground.
God send his son, a son of Spirit and of Man to bear the curse upon Himself.
He started all this and He will make it right.
It was no mistake.
He knows what He is doing.
When it is over, or at least when a new chapter begins, as I don't think it ever ends (Ephesians 3:21), we will understand more, maybe someday all of it. I know scripture speaks of the prophets and angels even wanting to look into these things.
God tells the adversary after he had tempted the woman:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Behold the Man!
I love your insights and poem!! The crown of thorns, as hauntingly rich as it already is, has just gotten richer in meaning. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Petra.
DeleteA lady at our church had brought in a replica of the crown for a lesson and as soon as I saw it, this hit me.
I thought I was a genius (lol) until I found out others had seen it this way too;)
Deep thoughts, indeed, Ma! I have thought about this, too. God is in charge and it is all according to His plan. A perfect plan made according to One whose thoughts and ways are "higher" than ours and, therefor, we are not able to understand or comprehend them. That, alone, should be enough to cause us to fall on our faces before Him. God bless and keep you. Keep on pondering, sister!
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I love Isaiah 55 where He declares that His thoughts are higher than ours. His Mercy is too!
DeleteHis word is living...and He keeps bringing it to life for us as we read and read! This was very good. Last year I noticed that He sang after Passover...right before going to the garden to pray He sang! It was so eye opening to me.
ReplyDeleteHappy Resurrection Day....and everyday!
Thank you Janette, I never noticed the singing before. Great observation. I will ponder on this too.
DeleteI never knew the crown of thorns was a a curse. Interesting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting Heather.
DeleteYou've shared an observation that I had never thought about before. I never made the connection of the crown of thorns to the ground being cursed due to sin. I'm going to have to think about this some more . . .
ReplyDeleteGreat thoughts!
I never really made the connection with thorns, and thorns, duh! lol, but there are so many symbols that keep running through God's word and give depth and breadth and height to the meanings that keep springing forth fresh every day. Good stuff Ma :)
ReplyDeleteThey DO spring forth fresh all the time. I may just do a symbol study one day.
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