Song of Solomon 8:9

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 if so, we must not "build" (Acts 15:14) on her "wood, hay, stubble" (), i:e., Jewish rites, etc.; but a "palace of silver," i:e., all the highest privileges of church communion (Galatians 2:11; Ephesians 2:11). Image from the splendid turrets "built" on the "walls" of Jerusalem, and flanking the "door," or gateway. The Gentile Church is the "door," the type of catholic accessibleness (); but it must be not a mere thoroughfare, but furnished with a wooden framework, so as not merely to admit, but also to safely enclose. Cedar is fragrant, beautiful, and enduring.