Date: Thursday,
July 23, 2015
Chapters: Song
of Solomon 1-4
Message
Title: Marriage
Of The Lamb

Hello My Friend,

The Book
of Song of Solomon is the twenty-second book of the Old
Testament/Bible and contains eight chapters. The author of the book
is King Solomon and it was written to Israel and all believers. The
timeline is approximately 1014 BC. The purpose of the book is to show
the intimate relationship between Jesus and the Church as
demonstrated by the intimate marriage relationship between a husband
and wife. What we are to learn from the book is that the divine model
of love between a man and his wife is the pattern for the
relationship between Christ (Man) and the Church (His Bride). “My
beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.”
- Song of Solomon 2:16.

The Song of Solomon begins with
the brides love for her bridegroom, she anticipates the day she
becomes his wife. “Let him kiss me with the
kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the
savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee:
the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and
rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the
upright love thee. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of
Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look
not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me:
my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of
the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.” -
Song of Solomon 1:2-6.

The love of a husband and wife is
quite like the love of Jesus and His bride, there is a sweet savor
that gives off something unforgettable. The soul who lives nearest to
Jesus in sweet communion with Him will feel convicted when it
discover the sin in its life, but rejoice in the fact that it is one
with Jesus and He never leaves them. “What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is
in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.” - 1 Corinthians 6:19,20.

The
white lily, pure, and delicate, is a genus of plants of many species,
it produces bell-shaped, white flowers with streaks of pink in them.
Its beauty and fragrance foreshadow Jesus Christ to His Church. We
see here, the special attention made of the lily. “I
am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among
thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among
the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down
under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a
young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at
the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake,
and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.”
- Song of Solomon 2:1-3,8-10.

Jesus stands at the door of
every persons heart, He knocks, peaks in the window, looks around the
back in hopes that His love will let Him in. “Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with
me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.” - Revelation 3:20,21.

The soul, you
cannot see it or touch it physically, but you definitely know it is
there. A lonely soul is probably the most noticeable as it never
rests until it finds it's one true source of happiness. We get an
illustration of the brides lonely soul seeking her one true love. “By
night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I
found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets,
and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought
him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found
me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a
little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth:
I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my
mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.”
- Song of Solomon 3:1-4.

This is a great illustration of a
lost soul that finds Christ, once it finds Him they become soul
mates, Jesus grabs a hold of it and never lets it go. “My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give
unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's
hand. I and my Father are one.” - John 10:27-30.

God,
our great owner has constituted His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our
Shepherd. He has all that care of His people that a good shepherd has
of his flock. In His care, the true believer is eternally secure for
eternity, we are one with Him, bound by a marriage that cannot be
dissolved. “Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should
be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he
saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.” -
Revelation 19:7-9.

Today's
Prayer: God, You long to have a one on one relationship
with us, one that is full of faith, trust, and honor, just as a
husband and wife do when they vow to be one. While nothing is sure in
life, one thing is sure, nothing can separate us from You. We may
find some dark pathways, but You will always shine the Light to bring
us back home. Lord, give me Your power to know You and love You with
all my soul, heart, and mind. In Jesus' name. Amen.

God
Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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