I'm not exactly sure what to say about this mystery. I'm frankly a little confounded by it. At first glance, it seems fairly simple, albeit horrific. They shoved the thorns on his head. It was mocking, cruel, painful, but that's what happened.
And yet, the mystery seems to lie in how Christ is glorified through His own mockery. How He was truly crowned King of the universe through Roman guards mockingly placing thorns upon his head. They meant to humiliate Him by calling Him the "King of the Jews," by crowning Him with thorns. But He, who had humbled Himself so much, could not be humiliated. Since He was willing to be the least, they could not make Him so. Any attempts to do so only elevated Him. They were seeking to be sarcastic, ironic, but the resulting irony was not what they expected.
When they placed the thorns on His blessed head, they marked Him as our Savior, as our Lord. The symbol of mockery and pain became a symbol of our salvation, perhaps even saving some of those who helped to crown Him.
God takes our feeble human attempts at symbolism and turns them on their heads. We see a bleeding man, crowned with thorns, as weak and pitiful, devoid of any dignity. God seats Him on a throne and establishes His rule for all of eternity.
I'm praying for you!
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