Crown of Thorns in the Passion of Christ
As a last act of humiliation against Jesus, the Roman officers twisted a crown of thorns and placed it on his head. Taking up the reed they had given him as a mock scepter, they repeatedly struck Jesus in the head with it. Then they bowed in mockery to the King of the Jews, and led him away to be crucified.
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The Holly and the Ivy is a French Folk Melody with an Unknown Composer
A story passed down over the centuries (its origin unknown) tells us that the holly tree (Holy Tree) originated by springing up here and there beneath the footsteps of Christ as he walked the earth. The sharp points of the plant prophesying of His crown of thorns, the bitter bark representing His death, the red berries His blood, the white flower His resurrection.
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Composer Isaac Watts Writes When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The words of Isaac Watts as they appear in his song, (1674-1748)When I Survey the Wondrous Cross are some of the most beautiful and thought-provoking of all hymns.
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Jesus as the Sinless Sacrfice
While God originally instituted animal sacrifice as a way of providing ceremonial cleansing for His people, those sacrifices were not able to cleanse man's conscience from the effects of sin. Only the blood of Jesus Christ could remove the stain. The author of Hebrews taught in his letter that only by becoming a human could Jesus die, and it was only through his death that the power of Satan could be broken.
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William Ralph Featherson Writes a Legacy of Love that Becomes My Jesus I Love Thee
Little else is known of William Ralph Featherson's short life except for the fact that some time during his 16th year of life he put pen to paper to record a love poem. The love he expressed was deep and true. The words of that poem have lasted more than a century beyond Williams' life and death.
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Jesus is the Rejected Messiah
Although His enemies threw insults at Him, those words could not remove Him from the hands of His Father in heaven. And yet, although He knew that God loved Him, the words of hatred from the people that He came to save fulfilled DavidâÃÂÃÂs prophecy: Jesus truly was the Rejected Messiah.
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