Song of Solomon
Hello! It has been a busy month. The internship continues to go well. We all are getting closer to each other and closer to the Lord. I want to continue the Song of Solomon study. I know it has been a while since wrote. Today, I want to progress in our study. The verses that I will talk about are from chapter 1 again, verses 8 through the end of the chapter. You will probably need some review. Just simply go back to the latest Song of Solomon posting.
Verse 8–”If you yourself do not know, most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock and pasture your young goats by the tents of the shepherds” This is a really important verse. The Lord is speaking to her heart before he speaks to her head when he says “most beautiful among women”. Then he gives her a command to follow.
Verse 9–”To me, my darling you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharoah.” She is used for his pleasure and enjoyment. In those days the mare was saved only for pleasure riding. She is like that to him. He loves her. She is his favorite.
Verse10, 11–”Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads. We will make for you ornaments of gold with beads of silver.” This verse continues to uplift her and declare her beauty. The king wants to adorn her.
Verse 12–”While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth fragrance. ” 2 Corinth. 2:14 says that we are the fragrance of Christ. She is getting a revelation of the cross and the fragrance of suffering.
Verse 13, 14–”My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh which lies all night between my breasts. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.” She is beginning to gaze at the sufferings of Christ. Myrrh is a burial fragrance. She continues to say “My beloved is to me & He is to me.” I t is all about her which is the first revelation. Maturity will come.
Verse 15–”How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.” He affirms her beauty and tells her that her eyes are like doves. This means she has single vision like a dove. Doves have one mate for life, and if that mate dies, they do not get a different one. Doves have eyes that can only look straight ahead. He sees in her the depth of her commitment even though she is still immature in her love for him. God sees not as man sees. (1 Samuel 16:7) Man looks on the outward, but God looks on the heart. He sees the blood of Christ and our willing spirit. God calls into being what does not yet exist. (Romans 4:17) He calls us these things to empower us to have undivided attention.
Verse 16–How handsome you are my beloved, and so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!” She is beginning to find her rest in the redemption of the cross.
Verse 17–The beams of our houses are cedars, our rafter cypresses.” She is saying that the foundations that they rest in are strong. They still have separate houses because the wedding has not yet taken place.
Hope you are all blessed. Talk you later.
