SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/19/2013
8:18 AM
My Worship Time Focus: True Love is
like a Banquet PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Song of Solomon 1:2-2:7
Message of the
verses: Let us begin by looking at
chapter one and verse twelve all the way to chapter two and verse seven: “12 ¶ “While the king was at his table, My
perfume gave forth its fragrance. 13 “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts. 14 “My beloved is to me a cluster of
henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." 15 “How beautiful you are, my
darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves." 16 “How
handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! 17
“The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.
“1 ¶ “I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of
the valleys." 2 “Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the
maidens."
“3 ¶ “Like an apple tree among the trees of
the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight
and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 “He has brought me to his
banquet hall, And his banner over me is love. 5 “Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples, Because I am lovesick. 6 “Let his left hand be under my
head And his right hand embrace me." 7 “I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse
or awaken my love Until she pleases.’”
We can compare a banquette such as going on in these
verses with the reign of Jesus Christ upon planet earth for there are
Scriptures that suggest that His reign will be likened unto a banquette. (Isa. 35:6; Matt. 8:11; Luke 13:29 and 14:15;
Rev. 19:6-9.) The Shulamite notices that
her perfume attracts the attention of her lover, “in fact she sees him as a
sachet of myrrh over her heart and as a cluster of beautiful flowers from the
rich oasis of En Gedi.” (Dr. Wiersbe’s
Commentary)
By speaking of his couch (not bed) and the beams of his
house the Shulamite is conveying to him that her love for him will last. Strong beams in the roof will assure that the
roof will not fall down. The green color
of the couch is like a verdant garden or field.
We had mentioned that the Shulamite did not speak kindly
of herself because of her skin was dark from taking care of her brothers
flocks, and now she goes back into that mode of thinking by comparing herself
to a common rose that comes from Sharon, and also an ordinary hyacinth or
lily. The woman is making the comparison
of herself to these flowers and not Solomon making these comparisons to
himself. Solomon does compare her to a
rose among thorns to which she then compares him to apples in a forest, something
that one does not find too often because apple trees do not usually grow in
forests. By saying this she is saying
that he is one of a kind.
Chapter two and verse four the Shulamite is happy that
Solomon has brought her into this banquette thinking that he really loves her,
and as she thinks about being loved by this great man she becomes faint, and
this is why she asks for apples and cakes of raisins to help her recover her
strength. Now when we look at verse six,
“6 Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me,’” she is
thinking about the consummation of their marriage for this image speaks of
sexual love between a man and a woman.
She is only thinking about this and will not want this until they are
married. She will talk about this again
later on in this book. Dr. Wiersbe
writes “True love isn’t something we work up; it’s something the Lord sends
down within us when we meet the right person at the right time.” His endnote on this subject says “This
repeated admonition to the unmarried daughters of Jerusalem is a warning
against premarital sex. The Shulamite wants
them to remain pure in mind and body so they will enter into the full joy of
married love at the right time and with the right person. No matter what society does and the law
permits, the Bible knows nothing of unmarried couples living together as though
married. Some things are legal that may
not be biblical.” This end note was also
used in an earlier SD.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: This teaching
from the Word of God is something that is sadly missing in our society today,
and the sad part is that churches allow people who are living together without
being married to attend their services.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust that the Lord will guide me in all that
I do today as Proverbs 3:5-6 speak of.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-2
1 God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear
though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of
the sea;
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Land of Goshen (Exodus 8:22).”
Today’s Bible
Question: “Who fulfilled God’s promise that
Abraham’s seed would bless the whole earth?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
6/19/2013 9:28 AM
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