The Thorn

What if the first person to guess at the true meaning regarding Jesus Christ's crucifixion was not a person at all? Not one of His twelve disciples who accompanied Him to Jerusalem that fateful weekend, all of whom were present when Jesus told them exactly what would happen there, including foretelling His own death. Nor His mother, Mary, who had been told when Jesus was just a baby that His suffering would one day pierce her soul with a spear. What if the first to guess at and then know it as truth, with a glorious celebration tinged with sadness, was actually one of the thorns on the crown Jesus wore that day? This book tells the story of two of the most important events in mankind's history: the crucifixion of the Son of Man, followed by the resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God. The Thorn is a chronological account of those events. Although the book follows the scriptures--as told through the eyes of both Jesus and His mother, Mary--its fictional aspects include two additional viewpoints: that of the man whose place He took on the cross, and one of the thorns on the crown of thorns He wore that day.