For my brother, Bruce and all the Doves,
Thank you for your request to look into the Song of Solomon, because it has yielded a great and timely blessing to me(and I hope to others as well). Remember, this all comes about through WORSHIP and any license that seems exaggerated is the Holy Spirit of grace coming through a broken and humbled man...all scripture is given for encouragement.
Song of Solomon 6
O,where has your beloved gone,
you fairest of women?
Wheres your beloved hide Himself?
With you we will seek Him
(where is this Jesus of yours[you beautiful Church-some sarcasm] and where is the promise of His coming. We want to see Him in you, and, for you to perform the same miracles as He did...for if not we won't believe. And even if you do perform miracles, we still might not believe you)
Beloved mine 'sgone down to His
garden and beds of spice,
to feed among His garden green
and gather trumpets white
(The Spirit of Christ has gone into His garden to give food and comfort to His "body of believers, and to give them strength for the battle at hand)
I am the garden of my Love
and my beloved is mine
He feeds among the Lilies there
and gathers them in time
(We ARE the "garden" in which Christ dwells and feeds, He in us and we in Him[ye are the Temple of the "Living God"]. Not only are we fed "of the garden", but we are the very fruit thereof, and Christ is gathering together"over time" His Saints, and also, will gather us together "at an appointed time"...the catching away of the Bride.)
He said:"You are as beautiful,
the city on a hill.
And gorgeous, the Jerusalem,
whose sight, ones heart, can still!
(Our FAITH "perfected through afflictions" is the most precious and beautiful thing to God, and, is that by which we are seen as beautiful to God the Father. And collectively, we are the city not built by human hands, but by God Himself, that even Abraham was waiting for[the father of all the FAITHFUL]...the "City on a hill", the New Jerusalem! All of creation awaits in awe to see this finished city God is building, and, our hearts will halt at its visage!)
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Turn now your eyes from me for they
do overcome my heart
Their bristling strength arranged unto
My testimonies art
(Christ even admonishes us to turn away, perhaps because it flusters His heart[too soon] to be looked upon before the betrothal is complete...the time for this sort of intimacy has not yet come. True and absolute FAITH in Christ's testimonies is a beauty to behold for our savior, and among the greater "Body" of believers, "this beauty" will be removed or "taken" as a special treasure known as the "Bride of Christ", just like Eve was removed from Adam's body. Our strength[meekness] and our beauty is in our testimony).
Their piercing stare does travel far
from which the WORD does wash
and baring twins, the olive trees,
not one of them is lost.
(Once again, our gaze or piercing stare is our "testimony of Christ Jesus" and is as the WORD which washes away all sin, but, is also as a two edged sword.The twins that are born are the Law and the Prophets, the New and the Old Testaments[the WORD], the two Olive Trees, from which not one jot or tittle will be lost[nor any of His sheep]).
Your trials are just a part of that
which bind you to my soul
And raising up behind the veil
abashed as when bowed low
(Our trials and tribulations are that which endears us to Christ and makes us to be part of His "Living Body", this is how He "knows us"[this would be the metaphysical form of sexual intimacy]. And looking beyond the "veil" of her modesty and humility, is still ashamed of her own lowly estate[despising the shame of this fallen and wicked flesh], bows herself in WORSHIP to her beloved King).
There are rejoicing brides, surplus
of virgins beyond count
But my dove, undefiled, perfect
Alone stands in God's mount
(The overall Body of believers[throughout history and now] is an innumerable number, to many to count, but, those with this absolute FAITH in the person, character and authority of Christ, the Living WORD made flesh, is a rare and unique thing[persons], especially in these last-days. They have undergone their trials of FAITH with rejoicing and intent, knowing that, "even though He may slay me, yet will I trust Him!". They alone , above all of the virgins of faith, stand on the very "Mount of God", united with Christ in Eternal, Spiritual matrimony...AS ONE!)
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The only one of her mother
best of she who bore her.
The daughters saw her, called her blessed,
rejoicing, gave her praise.
(Born out of the "mother Church" or Israel[take your pick], her FAITH defines her as one of a kind. In retrospect, all of the children of God will give praise to them that overcame exclusively by the Blood of the Lamb. Not by power, not by might nor by any inclinations of the intellect or heart, but by FAITH in Christ alone)
Who is this that shines forth like dawn
fair as the moon and pure
Clear as the sun and terrible as
great armies gathered sure
(She is the one[they] that love not their lives unto death and overcame by the blood of the Lamb, that's who SHE is. And this is why demons are terrified of her and armies gathered for war MUST go around her, yet she suffers, perfected)
I went down to the orchard hedged
the verdant plants to see
to see if vines were budding there
fruit rising in the trees
(I [she] went into the protected garden of her beloved savior's body to see if there were ripened fruits available and the time of harvest was at hand...if the time of raising-up was at hand, or even if the crops were ready. She looks upon her fellow believers to see if they are ready and awake).
And in the twinkling of an eye
before I was aware
I was conveyed by chariots
unto the royal court
(In the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, I was caught-away up into the clouds, into His royal throne room, the Heavenly Courts)!
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As I began to flee away
they called out to return
Come back, come back they said to me
that of you we may learn
(as when I began to fly away, the other virgins called out to me and said "please come back and show us what it means to be FAITHFUL, that we may learn from you, the way to walk like Christ Jesus").
Whats there for you to see in me
this poor and humbled lass
The graceful way you walk between
two armies, in your dance.
(What could I show you now that you have not seen before, humility, submission, FAITH in God's providence[no matter what mat come or how difficult it is]. Come and show us the way you do this delightful dance between two armies fighting each other[without fear] and still walk in FAITH to God through Christ Jesus).
I hope all enjoy the encouraging definitions given in the Spirit of Christ, I truly believe this moment has arrived.
your brother, Chris K.