Scripture Passage: John 19:1-3
Scripture Focus: John 19:3
Although He truly was the King of the Jews, no one cared to recognize. A flurry of scorns and insults were all that were hurled at the King that only a few days earlier had arrived to shouts of acclamation from so many people. The cries of deliver us were no longer shouted, because the King had not come the way they desired Him to. To top it off, He was mocked…insulted…abused. A crown of thorns twisted and beaten into His head, a purple robe laid across His battered back. Upon his bruised face…instead of a holy kiss, an indignant slap. What shame was brought to Him that day.
Jesus received our crown that day. This crown was painful, both for Him to wear and to bear. It was the crown that we were meant to wear. It is the crown of pain and shame. But our crowns were cast on Jesus that day.
Jesus will again receive our crowns one day, but this crown will not be bore in pain and shame. Jesus will one day bear our crowns as a gift that we gladly and humbly return to Him. One day our crown will be a most precious present that He will receive as we stand amazed in His presence…on that day that we have no choice but to bow in full because we completely behold His glory. There is a beautiful picture in Revelation 4 where the crowns of life are cast at the feet of our Lord, the One who is worthy to receive glory and honor and power.
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