“Come with me to paradise” — receiving the inheritance
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It is not surprising to realise that this song leads us to a climax; after all it is the final cycle of songs relating to the Jewish bride. The marriage celebrations were described in the f…
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The Beginning of the End
The first five books of the Bible are called: “the Law”, “the Law of Moses” and “the book of Moses” (Neh 13:1). Sometime between the Old and New testaments the names Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy were added to the books. During the t…
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The bridal procession, the wedding and the groom’s wedding speech
[table id=SongofSolomonPart6_1 /]This fifth song, as with the previous song, finds its setting in the night. It describes 60 valiant men, all with swords (3:7), providing protection “because of fear in the…
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The Messiah’s thoughts and feelings are described in the present tense for the first half of Psalm 22: “They have compassed me”, “I am poured out”, “my bones are…”, “they pierced”, “they part”. All these are describing what Christ felt moment by moment, at the time.
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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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