“Rightly do they love you.” This is the last sentence in Song of Solomon 1:4, and surely is one of the most obvious, yet profoundly powerful statements a human being can make. To discover how right it is for us to love Him is to discover, at some level how much we are loved by […]
S.S. 4:1 “,How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; S.S. 4:13b “Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate behind your veil.” S.S. 6:7, “Your temples are like a slice of pomegranate behind your veil.” The veil represents that which separates the “hidden” life
1Kings 6:7 ¶ The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. 2Tim 2:20, “ Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also
S.S. 4:12, “A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Mother Teresa sums up a life surrendered to God’s pleasure in this simple statement; “Give what He takes, and take what He gives.” That’s a wonderful statement describing a life fully yielded to God’s will. Trusting that
S.S. 4:12, “A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Solomon refers to the lovesick maiden as a garden and closed, or locked. He says that she’s a rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. The purpose of a Kings Garden is first for private pleasure, and
S.S.4:11 “Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Rev.19:7-8, Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” 8 It
11 “Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. In this verse He is affirming her faith and works as a victorious Lover. Milk and honey reminds us of the promised land of Canaan in the Old Testament.
S.S. 4:9 “You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. 10 “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your
Song 4:10 “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! The last time we were in the Song of Solomon we looked at this verse; specifically contemplating the reality that our presence (our being
S.S. 4:10, “How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils that all kinds of spices! What a great versus this is following verse nine. After saying in verse 9 that one single look of affection ravishes His heart, and
