God's Promise in the Crown of Thorns

Chapter 3
I Loved You Enough to Become One of You

Throughout scripture thorns symbolize, not sin, but the consequence of sin. Remember Eden? After Adam and Eve sinned, God cursed the land: "So I will put a curse on the ground. . . The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you, and you will eat the plants of the field" (Gen 3:17-18). Brambles on the earth are the product of sin in the heart...

The fruit of sin is thorns- spiny, prickly, cutting thorns.

I emphasize the "point" of the thorns to suggest a point you may have never considered: if the fruit of sin is thorns, isn't the thorny crown on Christ's brow a picture of the fruit of our sin that pierced his heart?

What is the fruit of sin? Step into the briar patch of humanity and feel a few thistles. Shame. Fear. Disgrace. Discouragement. Anxiety. Haven't our hearts been caught in these brambles?

The heart of Jesus, however, had not. He had never been cut by thorns of sin... Jesus never knew the fruits of sin. . . until he became sin for us...

But want to know the coolest thing about the One who gave up the crown of heaven for a crown of thorns?

He did it for you. Just for you.

(Excerpt taken from He Chose the Nails page 25-27)