O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. Song of Solomon 8:1 OH THAT THOU (WERT) AS MY BROTHER. He had been a brother already. Why, then, this prayer here? It refers to the time after... [ Continue Reading ]
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. BRING THEE INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. Her desire to bring Him into her home circle (). WHO WOULD INSTRUCT ME - rather, 'THOU wouldest instruct... [ Continue Reading ]
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. LEFT HAND ... UNDER MY HEAD ... RIGHT HAND SHOULD EMBRACE ME - (cf. as to Israel, .) The 'left and right hand,' etc., occurred only once actually (), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church p... [ Continue Reading ]
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. I CHARGE YOU ... NOR AWAKE (MY) LOVE UNTIL HE PLEASE. This charge is that of restored Israel to the converted Gentile nations, not to interrupt the millennial rest of Christ with His world-wide Church... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. WHO IS THIS THAT COMETH UP FROM THE WILDERNESS, LEANING UPON HER BELOVED? - literature, conjoined, or... [ Continue Reading ]
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. SEAL - having her name or likeness engraven on it. His holy priesthood also in heaven, (; "His heart" th... [ Continue Reading ]
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. WATERS - in contrast with the "coals of fire," which can be ordinarily quenched with water (; ). Satan's waterflood of persecutions () canno... [ Continue Reading ]
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? WE HAVE A LITTLE SISTER - the Gentile Church (). "We," i:e., the Hebrew Church, which heretofore admitted Gentiles to communion, only by becoming Judaic proselytes. Now firs... [ Continue Reading ]
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. WALL ... DOOR - the very terms employed as to the Gentile question (; ). If she be a wall in Zion, founded on Jesus Christ (), we will not "withstand God" (Acts 15:8). But... [ Continue Reading ]
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. I (AM) A WALL, AND MY BREASTS LIKE TOWERS. The Gentile Church's joy at its free admission to Gospel privileges (Acts 15:30). She is one wall in the spiritual temple of the Holy Spirit; the Hebrew Church is... [ Continue Reading ]
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. SOLOMON HAD A VINEYARD. The joint-church speaks of Jesus Christ's vineyard. It had been transferred from the Jews, who had not rendered the fruits,... [ Continue Reading ]
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. MY VINEYARD, WHICH (IS) MINE, (IS) BEFORE ME. "Mine" by grant of the true Solomon. Not merely "let out to keepers," as in the Jewish dispensation of works, but, "mi... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. THOU THAT DWELLEST IN THE GARDENS, THE COMPANIONS HEARKEN TO THY VOICE: CAUSE ME TO HEAR IT - Jesus Christ's farewell address to the bride, the spiritual Israel, before parting from her at the Ascension,... [ Continue Reading ]
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon MAKE HASTE, MY BELOVED. (See note, Song of Solomon 2:17). As she began with longing for His first coming (Song of Solomon 1:2), so she ends with praying for His second coming (Psalms 130:6; Revelation 22:20). Moody Stuart... [ Continue Reading ]