Song of Solomon
A Commentary and revelation of the Bride of Christ.
Chapter 1:1-4 Song of Solomon
1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3 Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4 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.
Song 1:1-4 KJV
The Song of Solomon is an expression of the heart of the bride of Christ. Here, in these four verses the Shulamite, who is the epitome of the bride of Christ, reveals her desire to know king Solomon intimately. It was a desire beyond friendship and fellowship. She wanted to kiss him, she wanted him to draw her, and she wanted to run with him. The result of her desire was an encounter with him in his chambers…“the king hath brought me into his chambers”. The word chambers is translated from the Hebrew word “cheder” Strong’s (2315) Click here. In the Jewish marriages of antiquity, the marriage took place under the “chuppah” and the consummation took place in the “cheder”. This desire for intimacy resulted in the union and consummation of the Shulammite with the King. If our desire to know (ginosko) Strong’s (1097) Click here Jesus is as deep as the Shulamite, we too can experience a deep relationship with Him and find out for ourselves this love that “surpasses knowledge” Ephesians 3:19.
Chapter 1:5-8
Song 1:5-8
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 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.
The Shulamite expresses her self image as one who has been aged by hard labor and continual exposure to the sun. This has left her unattractive in her own sight and unsatisfied with her appearance. She was forced into the vineyard to work, resulting in the negligence of attendance to her own vineyard. The vineyard is symbolic of one working in the vineyard of the Lord by way of compulsion and guilt. If we work for our Lord by these means, we will cultivate an image of spiritual poverty and a lack of self-worth will develop. Why, because laboring for our Lord is not a means of favor or recognition! If we labor to gain the attention of God, we will develop an image of one of two concepts. We will either believe we have done more than enough to deserve God’s favor and attention or we will feel as though we have not done enough to gain His favor or attention. This adds more of a burden to our load to be pleasing to God.
Our own vineyard is our relationship with God void of all work. We must come to understand that He is already attracted to us. We need not impress our Lord but only understand His love for us. This can only develop by spending time with Him and not laboring more for Him. Labor is not a means of reward and favor from God, but rather a result of love for Him. More to come….
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
