Love of Jesus in the Song of Songs

In Song of Songs

• Farmer boy is in love with her.
• She is in love with the former boy
• The King is in love with a country girl
• When Solomon want to wood that girl, he came in disguise of a country boy
• That is the picture of King of all Kings ( Jesus Christ ) , when He came to us, He came in a lowly way
• Jesus is rich but He came in to a poor family ( which can be proved when Mary gave 2 doves , which normally only Poor people will give )

• Marry came from Natan, David’s son
• Joseph came from Solomon son
• Because of the curse on a king, Johoyakin a king of Judah, they became poor

• Ox = Very Rich
• Lamp = Middle income
• Pair of Doves = Poor

• Jesus didn’t remain poor
• Wherever Jesus is , Gold will come, Myrh and Frankisense . Jesus sponsored His flight to Alexandra after that.

Song of Songs is like

Watching a play

• Daughters of Jerusalem narrating
• Beloved narating
• Shepherd king narrating

Feminine Speciality

• Picture of Church
• You are the one receiving the love/protection
• You are made to be loved
• you are not made to be rule the man
• Equal position but not same function

 

• First thing she says, let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth ( to the pure all things are pure )
• Love does not wants the knowledge from a far, Love wants intimacy.
• We are here not just to know about Jesus, but to draw near to Him
• We want Him to kiss us
• The word worship in Hebrew http://biblehub.com/greek/4352.htm proskuneo is also called to kiss

• We normally don’t give kisses freely and we are very careful about our kisses
• To kiss you should come near

Joseph Story

• Joseph Told to his brothers, even after they betrayed him, “Come near to me”
• Then he says “you will dwell in goshan ” :
• Goshan in Hebrew its called drawing near
• And their ( in the place of nearness ), i will provide for you
• i will feed you
• I will protect you and your loved ones and your little ones

• We are all near to God
• But we have to be near to Jesus ( all are not near to Jesus )
• There was 70 disciples around Jesus when He walked on earth.
• Later on 12 remained
  Many of the 70 left
• Out of twelve there were 3 who were closer ( Peter, James , John )
• Out of three one is even closer ( John )

Song of Solomon 1:7-8
New King James Version (NKJV)

(To Her Beloved)

The Beloved

Good Shepherds

1. Feed
2. Rest

O fairest among women

• God does not love you after you have come and arrive at a place of holiness
• He loves you from the start of your Journey
• But He sees you as most beautiful among women
• Fairest in Hebrew : http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3303.htm yapheh , which means beautiful

Follow in the footsteps of the flock

• This is the answer for question “You know where your Lord is?”
• Answer : Go to church
• Find out other flock where they are well fed and you will find the Lord
• Please where the Lord feeding the Goats, besides where the shepherd tent
• When we come together then its shepherd’s tent

Tent

• Tent is temporal
• Buildings are temporal
• Thats why we use our money to serve Him
• We don’t use God to serve money

• God wants to prosper people. Yes.
• But we should be careful on over emphasis on Prosperity. It turns people off. Jesus is more important than money
• With Jesus you are provided for and much more.

Song of Solomon 4:1-5
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Bridegroom Praises the Bride

The Beloved

7 Depiction / Characteristics of the Bride

1. dove’s eyes
2. Hair
3. Teeth
4. Lips
5. Mouth
6. Temples

Head

• Its more about the Head part
• Reflection of the Christ who is the head of the Church
• The beauty we have is the reflection of His beauty

• When Jesus first looks at us, He sees where we are looking ( looks at our eyes )
  • Only when we see Jesus, then only He can see our eyes
  • It’s hard to look in to our eyes, when we are looking sideways or other side
• First thing He look is your eyes
  • He doesn’t see you hands or feet
  • He doesn’t look at what we do with our hands
  • He doesn’t look at where we walk
  • He doesn’t look at whether they are good or bad
  • It’s not what we do
  • It’s not our walk
• Work is important and walk important but it will be done even without us knowing it ( sub consciously ) when we see unto Jesus
• We we look unto Jesus, it will affect what we do

Ending up doing good

• When the woman came with the Alabaster and anointed the feet of Jesus
• She had only eyes for Him
• It will affect your walk also
• She wasn’t conscious of the work she was doing when she had her eyes on Jesus
• Her work were subconscious
• She has done good work
• A good work is born out of love.

Mark 14:6
New King James Version (NKJV)

6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.

Looking beyond

• “behind your veil”
• veil is something that hides
• middle eastern , time of solomon
• Jesus is able to look beyond
• He is concerned about your eyes
• I can see the Holy Spirit dove in your eyes

Dove

• Dove can find its home
• Dove has so long distance eyes
• Dove is so faithful
• Picture of Gentleness and peaceful
• The Lord saing “I see Gentleness in your eyes”

Peter Story

• Jesus turned and looked at Peter
• Peter engaged with His eyes to Jesus eyes and so he wept.
• The Lord doesn’t condemn us, The Lord loves us and thats what broke Peter’s heart
• That made Peter jump in to the water and went towards Jesus

I see you beautiful now

• More Goats –> More Prosperity
• Plenty of Flocks, Goats and Cattle represent Prosperity, which was seen in Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  • That’s how the wealth was measured at that time, as they don’t have money.

Hebrews 12:2
New King James Version (NKJV)

2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• looking unto: Greek word is Look OFF : look away from something to Jesus
• Do not be distracted by anything else
• Look off all problems unto Jesus

Non-Head

1. Neck
2. Breasts

Song of Solomon 6:4
New King James Version (NKJV)

Praise of the Shulamite’s Beauty

The Beloved

Tirzah

• Beautiful valley in Israel
• Place where oak tree is there which is 1000’s of years old , believed to be from the time of Abraham ( Elon Moreh : Oak of Moreh )
• Daughter of Daughter of Zelophehad

Making love with words

Ephesians 5:23-27
New King James Version (NKJV)

23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

• People think that one day the church will be a glorious church
• But the Greek tenses says it clear that the church is already glorious , not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish

• without wrinkly means Young
• Tense ( Greek ) : Present active participle : He might present her to Himself
• ANY SUCH THING : Diseases ( Put your faith out there )
• she should be holy and without blemish : Its not an action, its a declaration
• Tense ( Greek ) : Present : without blemish
• Already without blemish, Already Holy

Hair

Your hair is like a flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.

• Flock of goats –> represents prosperity in the time of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
• Flock –> Dense hair
• Mount Gilead beautiful place in Jordan, when sheep goes down, it look so black –> Hair which is black
  • In Gilead they produce balm which is used for making you beauty
  • Jesus Christ is the balm of Gilead
  • Shepherd boys brining Flocks of Goats, looking completely black
• Hair speaks of maturity
  • He sees you mature before you are mature ( do this with others )
• Do not provoke you children to anger

Jeremiah 8:22
New King James Version (NKJV)

22 Is there no balm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?

Teeth

² Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is barren among them.

• shorn sheep ( sheep with hair cut ) and snow are so white. They wear Eye Glasses while cutting hair of sheep and also for snow ( snow reflecting the sun light is so powerful )
• shorn sheep : saved of all encumbrance
• Washing with the word
• Teeth with twins ( one up and one down, equally aligned )
• None barren

• You are able to masticate food
• You are able to chew on it
• You are able to medicate on the word
• God says “I love the way you mediate on my word”
• Every time you meditate , the washing is going on
• “come up from the washing” – Whitening your spiritual teeth

Reasoning

Isaiah 1:18
New King James Version (NKJV)

18 “Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

Leviticus Law

• You cannot eat anything that cannot chew the cud

Leviticus 11:3
New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.

Deuteronomy 14:8
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8 Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh or touch their dead carcasses.

Lips & Mouth

³ Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.

• strand of scarlet : Rehab house, she hung a red ribbon/robe in her window, to show the Jews that she is helped them. ( Red represents the Blood )
  • Entire Bible have a scarlet tread
• • First God clothed Adam and Eve with leather cloths, which has blood for cleaning them from sins
    • God was the one who first shed innocent blood to cover the guilty
  • Abel gave blood offering for the forgiveness of sins
• Our lips and mouth has hope, life, Good news, Redemption,
• When we speak , ministering redemption, ministering grace, what Jesus can do for them, What Jesus has done.

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:29-30
New King James Version (NKJV)

29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

• Grace : Things which they don’t deserve
• Do our words minister grace? that is called scarlet stand

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Speak words that build others up which they don’t deserve

Mark 3:4-5
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4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent. 5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

• Pharisees words uphold the sabbath, but there is no grace. That made Jesus to grieve

Temple

• Mind/Head
• Pomegranate is a fruit which has many seeds, surrounded with Red Liquid
  • One of the healthy Juice
  • Fruit of blessing in bible
  • liquid is red
• Seeds represents Creative thoughts, life giving thoughts that could grow like a tree.
• God sees our thoughts, but as pure because its purified by the red liquid, represents the Blood of Christ
• Bad thoughts are washed with the red colour liquid in the Pomegranate, which represents the Blood of Christ

• Lips and Pomegranate(Head/Mind) are together , why both are red?
• “When I see your thoughts, i see your thoughts washed in My Blood”

• God didn’t liken Mind to Pomegranate because it exists
• But God created Pomegranate because God meant for it to be used in the Song of Songs
• Song of Songs is not lining up with Gods creation
• Gods creation is lining up for Gods Redemption

Neck

⁴ Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built for an armory,
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.

• Tower of David, is not the one which we have right now
• Place of Rest
• Which works according to the will of God

David’s 3D army

1. Distress
2. Discontented
3. Debt

• They all became the mighty man
• They rest their armoury in the neck
• Neck is used in the bible for your will
• stiff neck — Will that has not been subdued , because it has not subdued, it is not a pliable will ( when God says, go this way, and they go the other way : Stiff neck )
  • stiff neck : some one rebellion
  • The Lord said about Israel “You are a stiff necked people”. verse below
• When God sees the bride, He says “your neck is like Everyone can rest in your will”, In other words your Will is submitted to me
• Such a restful thing flowing with you
• God says, “when I am with you all mighty man can rest, other ministers , other ministries can rest
• In your presence they are lifted
• In your presence they are refreshed
• The mighty man find their rest , because you have made the decision that you will follow the Lord, follow His way
• Neck has to do with the Will

Exodus 32:9
New King James Version (NKJV)

9 And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!

Song of Songs chapter 5

• It doesn’t say that the women is perfect, but He sees us perfect
• This can be seen in Song of Songs Chapter 5

• Lord want time with her but she refused to have
• She got out from bed and He was gone
• Our Lord never leave us nor forsake us
• I think, Some time he leaves the sense of His presence to stir us in to passion, to stir our emotion for Him

Song of Songs Chapter 6

• Song of Songs Chapter 4 Shows the love of Jesus to the bride groom
• Song of Songs Chapter 5 she rebelled
• Song of Songs Chapter 6 Jesus is still in love with the bride groom

Song of Solomon 6:4-7
New King James Version (NKJV)

Praise of the Shulamite’s Beauty

The Beloved

4 O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,
Lovely as Jerusalem,
Awesome as an army with banners!
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have overcome me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
Going down from Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
Which have come up from the washing;
Every one bears twins,
And none is barren among them.
7 Like a piece of pomegranate
Are your temples behind your veil.

What overcome the Lord?

By looking at Him

He has not changed His view even after she rebelled

Breasts

5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.

• Two Fawns / Twins of gazelle ( looks like a pair of deer )
• It speaks of beauty
• It speaks of grace

Breasts in spiritual substance

1 Thessalonians 5:8
New King James Version (NKJV)

8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

Brestplate

1. Faith
2. Hope

Bride Groom’s little sister

Song of Solomon 8:8
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Shulamite’s Brothers

8 We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?

• No breasts means less matured/grown
• No Faith and No Love
• No Faith, the Lord doesn’t see love.
  • Increase in Faith by hearing the word of Christ,
  • Increase in Love by seeing Him, enjoying Him. we love Him because He first loved us
• No Favour

Works Labour Patience

without Faith, Love and hope

Revelation 2:2
New King James Version (NKJV)

2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

with Faith, Love and Hope

1 Thessalonians 1:3
New King James Version (NKJV)

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

• Ministry concept
• works without faith, labor without love and patience without hope is bad
• People coming out from church filled with faith and love is the real church

Where Lord Feeds?

• “Feed among the lilies”
• Lilies =  believers
• Lord loves to be where the believers are
• Thats where He feeds us
• Thats where your Faith and love will grow
• Where we gather, the Lord feeds
• Its not singular : its plural
  • Talking about Church

Song of Solomon 6:2-3
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Shulamite

2 My beloved has gone to his garden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved’s,
And my beloved is mine.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.

No Blemish

Song of Solomon 4:7
New King James Version (NKJV)

7 You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.

• spot in Hebrew : mum : http://biblehub.com/hebrew/4140b.htm
• Blemish is something to do with the birth

• lamp can be of no blemish
• But when it grows, it can’t be of no spot
  • No such thing as no spot for a lamp
• Jesus is the only Lamp who is without blemish and without spot
  • without blemish in His birth and without spot in His life.
• God says “when I see you, i see your new birth. your new birth has no blemish, no spot”

The Lord calls us without Blemish and without Spot

Without Blemish only

• No such lamp for Israel without spot, so God asked only a lamp without blemish

Exodus 12:5
New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Without Blemish and without Spot

Jesus the only lamp without blemish and without spot

• We are redeemed by His blood

1 Peter 1:19
New King James Version (NKJV)

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

Come with me

Song of Solomon 4:8-11
New King James Version (NKJV)

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse,
With me from Lebanon.
Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir and Hermon,
From the lions’ dens,
From the mountains of the leopards.
9 You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.
10 How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!
11 Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

• Sister : Jesus is our elder brother and our spouse
• Beautiful places : Lebanon, the top of Amana, top of Senir and Hermon,
• But there are dangerous things like lions’ dens and mountains of the leopards
• lions and leopards hunt sheep
• Love is better than wine ( yayin in Hebrew : http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3196.htm :  first time when Noah drunk wine , it intoxicated him )
• Honey and Milk : Land filled with milk and honey are under your tongue, in your words
  • When you speak you enjoy your promise land
• Jesus is not saying , go away from that place , go other place, depart
  • Depart , go away means, : I am here and you are there : makes a separation between God and us
• Jesus is not saying don’t go near
• Jesus is saying, come with me. Thats the love of Chirst
• Come unto me I will give you rest

Jesus saying to us, Come with me

First one in and last one out

Genesis 7:1
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Great Flood

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.

• Come into the ark means the Lord goes into the ark first
• He didn’t say go
• He is not outside

Genesis 8:16
New King James Version (NKJV)

16 “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

First One in, last One out, that is the Hero

• First word a child learns is come ( Eg: Come to daddy )
• Grace is all about come
• Old Covenant : don’t come near me

What ravishes the heart of Jesus?

With one look of our eyes,
With one link of our necklace

•  Ravish is so powerful
• That much Jesus love us

Come

I Believe that the Book of revelation corresponds to the 22 letters of the hebrew alphabet

• 2nd letter : Bet : Church is in Chapter 2
• 5 : Grace : Redeems taking the scroll ( Worthy is the Lamp ) : chapter 5
• 22 : Last letter tav : Jesus : Chapter 22

Revelation 22:16
New King James Version (NKJV)

16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

How Root and Offspring of David?

• Being God and Man
• Root : Jesus the Root and David being the branch ( Deity )
• Offspring : David brought Jesus forth : Jesus manhood

Everyone who are thirst

Revelation 22:17
New King James Version (NKJV)

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.