Corona Chronicles 2: S8:E7: Mocking the King
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Welcome back to the Corona Chronicles. This whole series of Corona Chronicles has been titled Crown thorns. And we've been walking with Jesus towards the cross where he has a crown of thorns placed on his head. And we've got to that point in the story now in Mark chapter 15 verse 16. So we'll see what happens.
I'll read from verse 16. The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace, that is the Preturium and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call call out to him, hail the king of the Jews. And again they struck him on the head with a staff and spat on him.
Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him then they led him out to crucify him. Yeah. I mean, gosh, it's it's quite an extraordinary scene, isn't it? And the whole mocking of of king Jesus, really, the crown of thorns.
Yeah. You know, when he really should have a crown of gold, obviously. Yeah. Yeah. He's the he is the king of the universe and the sort of mockery that's going on.
It it really does feel satanic, doesn't it? You know, the evil 1 is is is moving people to mock a king like this. It's it's it's ugly. Even if he was just human being, it's ugly, isn't it? Yeah.
It's an ugly frenzy that they're in, but him being genuinely the king. The king. Yeah. You you had a thing, didn't you? You you were saying that all his sort of positions are mocked here?
Yeah. Well, Jesus has 3 offices really of duty to us. 1 is prophet, another is priest, another is king. He's a prophet to us because he speaks God's word. He's a priest because he atones for our sin with a sacrifice and he's our king.
And in this sort of the rest and trial sequence, we get sort of a mock of each of those different offices. So the first 1 occurred in chapter 14 when he was first arrested and they blindfolded him verse 65, struck him with their fist and said, prophesy and the guards took him and beat him. So He act the funny thing is he actually has prophesied. He's prophesied that Peter would disown him. Yes.
But anyway, that's the first 1 being mocked. When we get the second 1 here which is where they his office of kingship because they put purple robe on him which is a regal color. So they're they're doing dress up. They're playing dress up with him. And they put this crown of thorns and they say, hail king of the Jews and they kneel before him.
So when we get the third office in towards the end of this chapter, so we'll save that for another day. But it's it's it's it is satanic because what does Satan want to do? He wants to completely undermine. Yahway and make him out to be something he's he's not. And here, I mean for the king of all kings to have of mockery sort of kneeling before him.
Given that on judgement day, every knee will bow. And these men who bowed here will be bowing then. But here they're bowing sort of out of mockery which must have been incredibly painful for Jesus to Yeah. I mean, you know, you think If I was Jesus, which thankfully I'm not. If I was the lord of heaven and I was the king of the universe, you know, I had just whacked these people with you.
Yeah. You know, you mock me? I mock you. Yes. You know?
But it is wonderful because Jesus is fulfilling, as you say, actually his kinship -- Yep. -- in in in rescuing us. So if you go back to Isaiah, that very famous chapter, Isaiah 53, It really tells us why he's going he's doing this. It says he was oppressed and afflicted, which certainly is. He did not open his mouth.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. I mean, it's just -- Yep. -- extraordinary because he He's like a lamb to the he could he he's yeah, he's the lion of Judah. You know, he could have pulled himself back and said, how dare you touch me. Yeah.
And as a sheep before it Shira is his silence, he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Absolutely. This is all oppression of him and false judgment. Yet, who of his generation protested, no 1 protested, then it tells us this.
For he was cut off from the land of the living, It's going to die on the cross. For the transgressions of my people, he was punished. So you suddenly see a different aspect, don't you? Mhmm. He's not just now a weak victim.
Yep. He isn't just a weak lamb. He is deliberately becoming the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. So with all the satanic mockery going on -- Yeah. -- there is this humongous plan of God -- Yes.
-- in this sort of nightmarish situation. Yes. And Jesus knows that's why he goes like a lamb. He's going to be the sacrifice -- Mhmm. -- that this is his kingly duty -- Yep.
-- that his his throne is the cross. Yes. You know, he's going to rule -- Yes. -- by dying for us, isn't he? You know?
It's it's fantastic. His Christ, the Victor, and he's he's walking towards his sort of final act of salvation. And yeah, it's funny because on the outside They're mocking him. They're putting these fake robes on him. And they they end up putting his old clothes back on him.
But as he then walks towards the cross, he is Christ the victor going towards tree. Yeah. And these men can't see it. Satan can't see it. He doesn't know the plan of God.
And it it's gonna glorify God that even though everyone thought at that moment he dies, they've won. They haven't. They've lost Yeah. And what an incredible What you meant for evil? God meant for good.
That's an incredible plan. Yeah. Stain't it? And so, you know, those of you sort of listening in or looking looking at it, you know, it's a great opportunity I think now to to humble ourselves and say thank you to the king for this. This is an extraordinary act of war against sin and judgment.
Yep. And he's he's he the king is placing himself there. And just what Jesus went through for you, what a wonderful thing. And it's it would be appropriate, wouldn't it? To bow the knee now to the lord and thank him for for this?
Yeah. I think we'll leave it there.