Song of Solomon, Chapter 3
I love how this chapter begins, linking back to Chapter 1.
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (Jesus states that at night he sought his DK but found him not. The bed motif pertains to the bride of Christ, his saints, over whom the DK presides.)
2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (Like the bed motif, we return to the city streets, but again the Savior can not find his DK.)
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? (The watchmen that go about the city are to watch for danger coming against the saints of God. But when Jesus asks if they have seen the DK, they have not. I have to smile. We have not seen him yet.)
4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. (After Jesus passed the watchmen, he found the DK. Again, the motif of the bedroom where the bride of Christ is presided over by the DK. It is here that the DK receives his appointment to his calling.)
5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (Jesus charges the servants and saints to be quiet and not reveal his DK until he is ready. And I might add that he is now ready, as the fall of Babylon is ready to begin.)
6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? (Who is this that comes out of the wilderness of the world, like pillars of smoke, having burned his authority over the wicked, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense of his appointment, having power over the servants of God. This is linking to Revelation Eighteen. Babylon has been judged and is falling.)
7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. (Behold, his marriage to the saints of God, which is the Savior’s marriage to the saints of God. The servants are in the covenant of the army of Israel. This is Revelation Nineteen, and is about the marriage covenant wherein the servants are ready to serve. Beautiful!)
8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. (The servants hold their swords ready and await the call.)
9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. (The Savior has made himself a vehicle of the cedars of Lebanon. A conquering army to serve the saints of God.)
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. (The pillars of power for the saints of God are their servants.)
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Go forth O ye servants and saints, and behold our King Jesus Christ with the crown of power on the day of his marriage. Many of these verses are dual prophecies, meaning they are about both Jesus and John. The crown to Jesus on the day of his atonement, and the crown to John on the day he is enthroned with the power of his calling. Both are kings, but Jesus is the king of kings, Rev. 17:14.)
