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Mike, Denise, & Michelle Hartmann-Echterling

Song Of Solomon Chapter 3

23/03/09 21:18 FaithBooks

Song of Solomon Ch. 3 (page 14) (sample reading)


by Denise Hartmann-Echterling


With Chapter 3:6 begins the third Canticle, the historical setting of which is the life of Christ and His ministry while upon this earth. The first Canticle ends with the entreaty of the bride, that the daughters of Jerusalem shall, ‘stir not up nor waken, her beloved until he please’ and the second Canticle closes with the same entreaty, although as we have noted with a different motive.

3:6-8 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense with all powders of the merchant? Behold it is the litter of Solomon: threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel. They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night. She marvels at the display of His power and might. Now, she began to realize the ability of the Lord to care for her, and to bring her through the wilderness, into the fullness of all that He intended for her, in this wilderness setting, the Lord revealed Himself to her, in all of His glory and might. Now, she saw only Jesus, all other things had lost their value, and she began to fall in love with Him and Him alone. The litter as applied to Jesus is a symbol of His human body, which was the tent or tabernacle in which He walked when upon this earth and ministering among men. Threescore….It is the angelic hosts guarding Him and us.

3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom (seat) of gold and the covering of it purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for (or from) the daughters of Zion. It was Christ who made the chariot in which to bring His bride home to His father’s house of many mansions. This chariot is built of the cedar of Lebanon, or the sinless manhood of Jesus. The divine cedar, of which this Chariot of Salvation is built, was being prepared when Christ came down and took the form of man, walking among men, and ministering unto them.

3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver. Pillars are a symbol of strength and steadfastness. Four pillars supported the veil, which concealed the Holy of Holies and four pillars are described as being at each corner and supporting the covering of his chariot. Silver sometime means the Word of God and also purity, but the most important meaning of silver is the Jewish worship in atonement. ‘Bottom’ or literally ‘the seat’, is a figure of the mercy seat in the Jewish Tabernacle, which covered the Ark of the Covenant and upon which the presence of Jehovah rested.


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