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“When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed staff in His right hand. And they bowed before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ Then they spat on Him, and took the staff and struck Him repeatedly on the head.” – Matthew 27:29-30
“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.” – Revelation 14:14
Jesus, the Son of Man, was crucified wearing a crown of thorns but will return soon wearing a crown of gold. What do these crowns symbolize?
The golden crown is a sign of victory and royal power and is in sharp contrast to the crown of thorns. Genesis 3 tell us that thorns came about on earth as part of the curse of Adam’s sin.
“Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.” – Genesis 3:17-18
As you can imagine, when the solders hit the prickly crown on Jesus’ head, the thorns punctured His skin and brought out His blood. This symbolized Jesus taking on the sins of the world and paying for them with His own blood. But one day there will be no more thorns.
Paul writes in Romans 8:19-23 that “all creation waits patiently with eager expectation for that future day when God will resurrect his people. On that day thorns and thistles, sin, death, and decay – the things that overcame the original world against its will – will all disappear, and the world will share in the glorious freedom from sin. For even the things of nature that groan and labor with birth pains wait for this great day.”
Jesus tells a parable in Matthew 13:24-30 that represents the kingdom of heaven as a field of seeds that has thorns. A farmer (Jesus) sowed good seeds in his field but while he was sleeping, his enemy (Satan) came and sowed weeds (thorns) in the field. The weeds grew in amongst the wheat and could not be pulled because their roots were entangled and would damage the wheat. However, at the time of the harvest the wheat is gathered first and then the weeds are collected and burned.
This parable has its roots in Jeremiah 4:3 which states, “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.” The wheat and good seed represent Christ’s followers and the weeds and thorns among them belong to Satan.
In the end, Jesus will come wearing a golden crown as King of Kings to harvest the wheat. In His hand will be a sharp sickle instead of a reed staff that he will use to collect the wheat (His followers). What is left behind will be the weeds and thorns that will be burned in the Lake of Fire.
Land that produces thorns and thistles, is worthless and near to being cursed, and will be burned in the end. – Hebrews 6:8
When you see a crown of thorns, remember it represents sin and how Jesus took our sins upon himself. He did so that we can be harvested and taken to Heaven when he returns wearing His golden crown.
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