A Crown of Thorns
By Lynn Bradley

In life on earth we desire to be served. Jesus said that to be great in his kingdom, we must be servants. To gain a robe and a crown in glory, we must accept the thorns, of the narrow way. We must not love the world. We must set our affection on things above. We must bear the pain of going against human nature. This article may be published if the resource box is unaltered.

The Creator of the universe died with a crown of thorns on his head. We would think he deserved a crown of gold. There is nothing on this earth that would do justice to Jesus Christ. He created the gold, and the thorns?”he created all things.

The thorns represented the pain that he suffered being a human being, fulfilling the law, and purchasing our salvation. Though he claimed to be a king, he refused to be a political figure on earth because his kingdom is not of this world. He did not come to be served but to serve. He was the one that washed the feet of the apostles.

In Jesus??Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem they worshiped him with palm branches (JN 12:13). That was better than making a crown out of gold. In Exodus 20:25 the Israelites were told, ?œIf you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.??Palm branches came straight from the trees and were not polluted with human tools.