Hebrews 6:7-8
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
The land that bears thorns and thistles is cursed. It is worthless. It is cursed land. It's end is to be burned. The curse of thorns and thistles being applied to the land goes back to the garden of Eden and the sin of Adam.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
We are that land. That is our curse. We produce thorns and thistles and as a result, we deserve to be burned.
But Christ became a curse for us.
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"
Jesus bore a crown of thorns and thistles on His head in order to bear the thorns and thistles our head, Adam, deserved. Jesus sweat blood from His forehead in order to bear the weight of the curse our head deserved. He did this in order to bear the curse of our head and to become our new Head.
We are led by a Head that once wore a crown of thorns and thistles. Jesus sweat blood in order to produce bread for us to eat so that in returning to dust, we might rise from the ashes.
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