DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 22; Psalm 128-131; Mark 8:11-26
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and they put on him a purple robe. John 19:2
The soldiers of Caesar mocked our Lord’s kingship, giving Him a crown, a royal robe, a reed for a sceptre, and feigned homage as they said “Hail, King of the Jews!” But the thorny crown which He wore was a victor’s crown. The Caesars are gone, their bodies are decomposed with their empire, but the despised Man who wore the crown of thorns lives on in glory, in the power of an endless life, and shall yet reign on earth. —Jim Flanigan
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun,
Doth His successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. —Isaac Watts