Fourth Song: 3:1-5
The bride searches in the night for her beloved
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The last Song left the bride in a state of glorious expectancy as she awaits the call from her groom to come away, but the time is not yet. Now the mood turns melancholy as…
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What an amazing transition. The one who had felt in anguish that God “hearest not” (v2), now came to proclaim openly that God “had heard” (v21) and that he would be saved from the power of his enemies.
Yet the opening phrase of Psalm 22:22 uses the future tense; “I will declare”…
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The groom’s call to “come away” and the bride’s response
[table id=SongofSolomonPart4_1 /]Having just expressed her unquestionable love for her beloved, the bride commences this third song by telling us that her beloved is coming. It is a scene of delight and animation. It…
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Despite the mockery of some, the Messiah was the son of God. Fearfully and wonderfully made, taken from the womb and cast upon God, he was the one whom his Father delighted in, for he was called by God, “my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. He had come into the world for one purpos…
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Second Song: 1:9–2:7
The groom and bride exchange messages of mutual adoration
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In the first song, the groom was not present. In this second song, the courtship of the espoused couple continues. The groom “sitteth at his table” (1:12)…
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The intent of the Lord’s parable of the ‘Unjust Judge’ in Luke 18 is clear: “men ought always to pray and not to faint” (v1). This command was given in a context that considers what our world will be like at Jesus’ return, notably that it will be similar to Noah’s and Lot’s a…
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Genesis has often been described as the book of beginnings. The early chapters recount the story of creation, Adam and Eve in the garden, the fall and God’s promise of redemption. These events teach us key lessons about sin, our nature and the current state of the world. In the account of …
Psalm 22 provides us with a powerful insight into the very mindset and emotions of Christ as he went through these trials. It is vital for us to see that Jesus did feel alone, having been abandoned by his disciples, and despised of men. When overwhelmed with the grief and pain of such suffer…
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Part 1: The Bride Selected from Natural Israel (1:2 – 5:1)
First Song (1:2 – 1:8)
The Bride’s Ardent Love and Becoming Humility
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The first song finds the bride in prospect soliloquising about her ardent love for her groom. She is in the king�…
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Whatever the possible background events in David’s life from which Psalm 22 could have been written, we can certainly be encouraged by his desire to focus on the Messiah during his trials. David was God’s prophet who “testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should foll…
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