Dear Gerry,
 
Thank you so much for your Bible lesson on that particular part of the Song of Solomon.  I have to admit I have never given such deep thought to this lesson that you presented here.  It is excellent and should settle it once and for all about the use of Chariots or whatever else anyone wants to call it.
 
And I sure agree with you, "If Chariots were good enough for Elijah, they are good enough for me".  Can't wait for that ride.
 
Thank you for sharing your great in-sight!
Gerlinda
 
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2012/gerrya816.htm

DID GOD USE CHARIOTS?

I believe so. In the prophetic play, the Song of Solomon, in Chapter 6, in verse 12, is found the removal of the Shulamite girl. A Shulamite is gentile.

“Or ever I was aware, my soul mde me like the CHARIOTS of Aminidab”.

I know that this is the rapture of the gentile Bride (The Church) because in verse 13a, the daughters of Jerusalem (Tu B ‘Av) say:

“Return, return, O Shulamite, return, return that we may look upon thee”.

This is Israel recognizing what has happened and wanting the Church to come back. Why? In verse 13b, the Bride asks:

“What will ye see in the Shulamite?”

In other words, why do you want me to return, she asks? And the daughters of Jerusalem reply in verse 13c:

“As it were the company of TWO armies” (caps mine).

These two armies are the resurrected dead in Christ, and the raptured living, I believe.

So, does God use chariots? Look again at chapter 6 and verse 12. An amplified rendering of this verse says:

“Before I was aware of it, my soul was taken by the chariots of Aminidab”.

“Aminidab” is not a proper name, but rather a description of a wealth One with many, many chariots.

I thus conclude that if chariots were good enough for Elijah, they are good enough for me.

To the only wise God be glory, and dominion, and power, and majesty forever.

Maranatha


Gerry Almond