Song Of Solomon Chapter 1
23/02/09 21:19
1:1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s – or which pertaineth to Solomon. This points our vision to the great Prince of Peace. The name Solomon means peaceful or prince of peace. It was through Christ and His death on the cross, that peace was brought to the earth. The message within the Song of Solomon develops around a Bridegroom who actively seeks a bride from among the Daughters of Jerusalem. The Bridegroom is our Lord Jesus Christ.
Song of Solomon Ch. 1 (pages 3 - 4) (sample reading)
by Denise Hartmann-Echterling
1:1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s – or which pertaineth to Solomon. This points our vision to the great Prince of Peace. The name Solomon means peaceful or prince of peace. It was through Christ and His death on the cross, that peace was brought to the earth. The message within the Song of Solomon develops around a Bridegroom who actively seeks a bride from among the Daughters of Jerusalem. The Bridegroom is our Lord Jesus Christ.
We see the love and relation between Christ and His bride. We must understand that the bride is not named. The church is the body of Christ, who is our Prince of Peace and when we are told that this Song is concerning Solomon, it must include those who are His body. There is more in this book about the bride, than concerning the Bridegroom. It is she who does most of the speaking.
1:2 Let Him Kiss me with the kisses of His mouth. It is significant fact, that throughout Song of Solomon, the bride never mentions the name of her Bridegroom; but describes Him as her beloved or the One who her soul loveth; she speaks of Him as though there were none other but He on earth.
The bride’s words reveal that the Bridegroom is not with her visibly, yet He is not far off; He is absent and yet He is near. The bride knows that He is near her, but He is unseen; there is not the close intimacy into which she would enter. She longs for the kiss of love and communion, which comes after the kiss of reconciliation and peace.
How our hearts have cried to the Lord that we might approach Him and enter into such fellowship, such humility, as would constrain us to abide continually at His feet! The “kisses of the mouth” is the symbol of the close relation that is between a bride and a bridegroom. She is longing for the kiss of the betrothal which will be in earnest from Him that she is to be His bride.
For thy love is better than wine - Literally: Thy love tokens or thy caresses, “love” means the continual proofs and tokens of His love. Wine is a figure of prosperity and of all good and desirable things. The wine from the grape exhilarates and gives strength, but it only strengthens for a time; while the love of Christ is better than all earthly good and gives divine strength that abides. It is entering into deep communion with Him.
1:3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance: Thy name is as oil poured forth. The name Christ means Anointed One. Twice, during His life on earth, the virgins of the bride anointed Him with costly oils, emblems of the fragrance, preciousness and perfections of His character and attributes, and also the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The first to anoint Him near the beginning of His ministry, was the one to whom He had forgiven much because she had sinned much. The other virgin who anointed Him was Mary of Bethany, who sat at His feet and listened to His words. This was near the end of His ministry, as anointing for His burial. He is the source and fountain of all the fragrance in heaven and upon earth. Not only do His oils have a goodly fragrance, but He was the Christ the Anointed One.
Therefore do the virgins love Thee – The word virgins means the pure in heart and the same word is translated in Ps 83:3 – thy hidden ones.
1:4 Draw me and WE will run after thee – when the bride has commenced to smell His oils, she is filled with a greater hunger and she cries for Him to draw her. Already has she been drawn unto Him in deeper hunger – already has she longed for the kisses of His mouth, those tender moments of communion and prayer, which reveal His love. Already she has smelled the sweet odors of His oils. This but increases her desire to be drawn with greater power, with stronger cords of love.
Notice the Word – Draw ME and WE will run after thee. The drawing of God is upon each virgin who will make up the bride – His hand is shaping each living stone for the habitation in the Spirit. Draw Me – relates to our spiritual hunger. Hunger is basic to all life and finds its satisfaction in many forms. Our spiritual hunger is part of this. It must overcome and rise above all of the natural urges of life that are deep within us and motivate our actions in relation to our self-life. We must personally experience this intense spiritual hunger and desire for the Lord. As we actively look to the Lord and prayerfully ask Him to “draw us” this hunger within us will intensify, causing us to cry out for its satisfaction. The Lord will respond and come to sup with us. As we welcome His presence and begin to feed Him with our worship and with the expression of our commitment to ‘run after Him’. He will in turn feed us fully satisfying our hunger with Himself. The WE means the Godhead – three in one. Each of the Godhead will run after us and meet with us.
The King hath brought me into His chambers – The king brings us in. Again notice – The king has brought me into HIS CHAMBERS. The plural of the word Chambers means that we cannot comprehend all that God has for us to enter into. The king has brought me into His chambers – herein is the secret – I must spend time in communion with my Lord. When I enter His chambers and wait in His presence, the power of God will flow into my being. Only then will I be able to go into the vineyard with the Lord in the outworking of all I have received.
The chamber of Salvation is the first chamber, which much be entered before a soul can go on into those wonderful chambers of the King. The door into this chamber is Christ.
The next chamber into which we are led is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. But our King does not let us be satisfied and rest here – and those who do this fail God and never get His best. Many of God’s children never go beyond the first chamber, and in the end are saved. Others enter into the second chamber of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and do not see the need of going on into perfection. There is a place that one must enter – a hidden place of meeting with the Lord. From this place are the entrances into all else that God has for us; from here, we go on into the ever-increasing transfiguration into the image of Christ.
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