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*This is a personal study and revelation given to me by The
Holy Spirit. There will be two parts to this study (Check back during the week
for part 2)
John 19:1-2 ~ Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and
scourged Him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head…….
*The definition of
* thorn
Hebrew (6975) Thorns, prickly thorn bush (6791) Hook (7898) To plunder and spoil ~ Take
captive Greek (173) Prickly thorn bush, thorny plant
*Definition
of Goad – A pointy shoot like thorn, a long prodding rod with a sharp end
Acts 26:14 ~ And when we had all fallen to the ground, I
heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you
persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick
against the goads
*The correlation and connection The Holy Spirit showed me of
why the crown of thorns was put on
Yeshua’s head and the curse put on Adam, is a fulfillment of the curse due to
the sin and fall of Adam being reversed and crucified on the cross with Yeshua
for those who believe, follow after and put their trust in Him.
What is that curse?
Gen 3:17-19 ~ And to the man (Adam) He said, “Because
you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of
which I commanded you, saying, ‘Do not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground because of you, in toil you are to eat of it
all the days of your life, and
the ground shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plants of the
field. “By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread
until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are,
and to dust you return.”
*Throughout biblical history, we see the endless struggle
and continuous battle of uprooting the
thorns and briars through the sweat and labor of man. The physical and
spiritual struggle, labor and toil that sought to choke out and hinder mankind
from bearing fruit and producing food to sustain humanity physically and
spiritually. This was a daily battle. We still see this thorny battle being raged to this day, especially for those who are outside
of knowing and putting their faith in Yeshua Jesus our Messiah.
*Through the Covenant and obedience to Yahweh God’s laws
(Torah) and Commandments given to the Israelites, they were instructed and commanded by Yahweh their Elohim to drive out and destroy all the abominable molten images of the evil
and wicked inhabitants who dwelled in the land of promise given to His Covenant
people, Yahweh kept back the thorns of
compromise, idolatry, (the worship of the inhabitants false gods and sacrifice
of their children to Molech) and rebellion (thorns in your eyes and pricks in
your sides)
Numbers 35:51-56 ~ Speak
to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan
into the land of Canaan; Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of
the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their
molten images, and quite demolish all their high places: And you shall
dispossess the inhabitants of the
land, and dwell in it; for I have given you the land to possess it. And
you shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: to the
more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the
less inheritance: every man's inheritance
shall be in the place where his lot has fallen; according to the tribes of your
fathers you will inherit. But if you will not drive out the inhabitants
of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which you
let remain of them shall be prickles in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall
harass you in the land in which ye dwell. Moreover, it shall come to pass,
that I shall do to you as I thought
to do to them.
Joshua 23:13 ~ Know for a certainty that Yahweh your
God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from
off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you
Joshua 2:3-6 ~ Wherefore I also said, I will not drive
them out from before you; but they shall be
as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
And it came to pass, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words unto all the
children of Israel that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. And
they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Yahweh.
2 Samuel 23:6 ~ But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because
they cannot be taken with the hand
Isaiah 10:17 ~ And the light of Israel will be for a
fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and
his briers in one day
*There are a
number of scriptures that equates thorns
and briers as a means of affliction, sufferings and judgements against
Yahweh’s rebellious, disobedient and stiff necked people
*I will put up
several scriptures for you to see as a reference and evidence to these facts
Proverbs 15:19 / 22:5 ~ The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the
upright is made a highway / Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keeps his soul shall be far from them
Isaiah 5:6 / 34:13 ~ and I (Yahweh) will lay it waste; it shall
not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no
rain upon it / And thorns shall come up
in its palaces, nettles and thistles in
the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court
for ostriches
Jeremiah 4:3 ~ For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah
and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Ezekiel 2:6 ~ And you, son of man, be not afraid of
them, neither be afraid of their words, though
briers and thorns are among you, and you dwell among scorpions: be not
afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a
rebellious house
*Yeshua bore the curse of thorns
(rebellion, idolatry, and the painful suffering of our fallen sinful nature) upon His own head in order to lift the
effects, the heavy weight, and power of this thorny curse to those who follow
Yeshua and bear His fruit in keeping with repentance.
*When we allow the
cares, troubles, anxieties and fears of this world (fallen beast system) to
creep into our lives, spiritual thorns
will spring up to choke out and prevent the Living Word of Yeshua from
taking root deep into our hearts and minds. We open those cursed portals,
activate and give power to the thorny
curse that will separate us from Yahweh’s covering and protection and
ultimately cut us off from the Life of Yeshua.
*What is the
remedy?
* In humility and
brokenness with sincerity ask
forgiveness through the blood of Yeshua Jesus, Repent and call on The Holy
Spirit to help you pull out all the spiritual thorns and briars of unbelief,
anxiety, the fear of man (which brings a snare,) idolatry, and disobedience to
Yahweh’s Word, His Will and all His Ways. This will lift the thorny curse from your
life and put you back in right standing and a restored relationship with your Abba Father
in Yeshua
Matthew 7:16-17 / 13:22-23 ~ By their
fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes
of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so
every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt (thorny) tree brings forth evil fruit / And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that
hears the Word; and the care of the
world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes
unfruitful. / And he that was sown
upon the good ground, this is he that hears (and obeys) the Word, and understands
it; who (applies the Word in their
lives) bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
Hebrews 6:8 ~ but
if it (you) bear thorns and thistles,
it is rejected and near unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
*There are two
examples in scripture where thorns are
used for our benefit and ultimate good
2
Corinthians 12:6-10 ~ or
if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the
truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he
sees in me to be, or hears from me. And by reason of the exceeding
greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh,
a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.
Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from
me. And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I take
pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong
*I believe as Paul
was given a thorn in his flesh from being puffed up. As Yahweh God's called out
remnant, we also have our own personal
tailored thorn (weakness and infirmity) in our flesh to keep us humble and dependent
on Him so we too don’t become proud or puffed up from the knowledge, wisdom,
understanding, mysteries and revelations of Jesus Christ given to us by His
Spirit throughout our walk of spiritual growth and sanctification. The grace (favor, delight gratifying benefits)
of knowing and following our Messiah Yeshua Jesus is more than sufficient
(enough) And His strength is perfected in the weakness (thorns) of our flesh
*The second
example of thorns working for our good is in Hosea 2:6-7 ~ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against
her, (My bride) that she shall not find her paths. And she shall
follow after her lovers, but she shall
not overtake them; and she shall
seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband;
for then was it better with me than now.
*Yahweh God, our
AWESOME and INCREDIBLE Abba Father puts a hedge
of thorns around His purchased and redeemed Bride like a wall to help His
people from finding their way back to their to previous sinful ways and
paths and to protect us from the evil that also seeks to enter in to cause our downfall
and ultimate destruction
*I will conclude part
1 of this study by encouraging you to PRAY every day for Yahweh’s hedge of thorns and wall to surround
your life within Him (our Yeshua Messiah) and to protect you from the evil, darkness
and temptations lurking without
Earlier this morning before I put together this study and revelation, I came across this WordPress blogger, who put an excerpt of a sermon by H. Macmillan from the 1800's.
What I find so fascinating is the confirmation and spiritual synchronicity of this sermon that ties the crown of thorns with the curse of Adam.
It's not very long, but it's enough to confirm the connection. I will put the link you can click on below.
Thorns: The Curse of Adam, The Crown of Christ <--click on this link
*Crown (of Thorns) Our Appointed Time and The
(Roman) Soldiers (part 2) to be continued………..
Once I heard a song of sweetness,
As it cleft the morning air,
Sounding in its blest completeness,
Like a tender, pleading prayer;
And I sought to find the singer,
Whence the wondrous song was born;
And I found a bird, sore wounded,
Pinioned by a cruel thorn.
I have seen a soul in sadness,
While its wings with pain were furl’d,
Giving hope, and cheer and gladness
That should bless a weeping world;
And I knew that life of sweetness,
Was of pain and sorrow borne,
And a stricken soul was singing,
With its heart against a thorn.
Ye are told of One who loved you,
Of a Saviour crucified,
Ye are told of nails that pinioned,
And a spear that pierced His side;
Ye are told of cruel scourging,
Of a Saviour bearing scorn,
And He died for your salvation,
With His brow against a thorn.
Ye “are not above the Master.”
Will you breathe a sweet refrain?
And His grace will be sufficient,
When your heart is pierced with pain.
Will you live to bless His loved ones,
Tho’ your life be bruised and torn,
Like the bird that sang so sweetly,
With its heart against a thorn?
(Poem written by Carrie Breck in 1884 ~ Song transposed and sung by Spiritsong in 2012)
