Song of Solomon, Chapter 5
Brother Shad called my attention to Song of Solomon (SOS), Verse 5:15, where Lebanon is mentioned. And as I read the verse and a few others, I realized the chapter was about the last days “Davidic King (DK). This DK is often the subject of conversation that I have with friends. I was surprised to see the DK in this SOS Chapter Five. Here is the chapter with commentary.
1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse:
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk:
eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
(In Verse 1, Jesus is with his saints, and invites them to come to him and eat and drink of life’s sustenance, which is himself.)
2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled:
for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
(In Verse 2, Jesus is turning the care of his saints over to his servant DK. The DK calls for the saints to open their doors to him. He states that his head, which is Jesus Christ, is filled with dew, meaning stepping aside. And his locks of hair, representing his power and authority from Jesus Christ, are now undone.)
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
(The Savior states that he has come to rest from the work. He has taken off his coat and washed his feet.)
4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
(However, the Savior’s beloved DK is at the door to do the work of his call.)
5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
(So Jesus rises up to open to the DK, with hands dripping in myrrh to anoint his locks of hair to the calling.)
6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone:
my soul failed when he spake:
I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
(Jesus opens to his DK, but now his servant is hidden. And why is the servant hidden?)
7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
(Because the saints of God have smitten Jesus Christ and shamed him. So, the DK hides himself from the saints.
8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
(The Savior charges us that if we find the DK to tell him that Jesus loves him.)
9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
(Rhetorical question from the Savior to the saints, “what” is thy DK more beloved than another?)
(Answer, to the rhetorical question, “what” is thy DK more beloved than another that thou charge us to give him your message if we find him?
YES! YES! YES!)
10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
(The Savior states that his DK is chief among ten thousand, meaning he serves the saints of God with his tens of thousands; the army of God.
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
(The DK’s head is the Savior, his anointed locks of hair are full, and he hides as a black raven, which is a bird of prey.
12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
(The DK’s eyes are soft as doves by the rivers of the waters of salvation in Jesus Christ, which are the armies of God, washed with soft milk and firmly set to the work of his calling.)
13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
(The DK’s face is anointed to the sweet call of the saints of God.)
14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
(The DK’s hands and belly are the army of God.)
15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
(He stands with authority over the saints of God. His countenance is that of Lebanon’s excellent cedars, great leaders in the kingdom of God.
16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
(His mouth is sweet and lovely. “This is my friend,” O saints of God. How powerful a testimony is that coming from the Savior. WOW!)
The Davidic King of our time is called “Moses” in Rev. 15:3. This is John who accepted the assignment in Rev. 10:8-11. Those who accept the DK as a servant of God, as we go into the tribulation, will be protected under the Davidic Covenant.
This DK is the king of saints, a servant of Jesus Christ, the King of kings. Rev. 17:14.
This is the Beloved Apostle John.
