Song of Solomon, Chapter 4
Hats off to Brother Shad; thank you for this very fun reading of the Song of Solomon.
1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. (The Savior begins with an address to the DK. “Thy hair is as a flock of goats”, meaning his authority is over the servants of God. The giveaway to this interpretation is “Mount Gilead” referencing Gideon, Judges 6-8.)
2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. (Again, “thy teeth” is referring to his servants who are “even shorn,” meaning trimmed and proper, being washed in the blood of Christ. They call to each other as every one of them bears twins, and none is barren.)
3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. (The Savior continues with his comments about the DK. Lips “like a thread of scarlet” is speech as judgment of blood. “Thy temples” are judgment as pomegranates within the locks of thy authority.)
4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. (Now we see the power. His “neck is like the tower of David” whereon there are a thousand servants. However, the number represents a much larger number of servants: 144,000.)
5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (The two breasts reference John resting his head upon the Savior’s chest in the upper room. However, in this case, there are two groups of individuals relying upon John: the servants and the saints.)
6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. (“The day break, and the shadows flee away” is about the ending of the seven years of tribulation and judgment. The “mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense” are the nations of saints under John’s authority. Verses 5 and 6 are saying that the servants and saints rely upon John through the seven years of judgment and tribulation.)
7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. (The Savior continues his words of love and appreciation about John.)
8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards. (The Savior calls his servants, who are metaphorically the great cedars of Lebanon. However, in this case, it is only John that he is calling. Instructing John to look from five locations, which pertains to the call of the servants.)
9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. (The Savior continues with his love for his DK and includes the servants from the previous verse.)
10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! (Now the saints are included by the sacrament of wine, that love is better than salvation, that the call to serve is better.)
11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Again, the lips of the DK as the servants and saints are under his judgment. And the smell of his authority is like the smell of the cedars of Lebanon.
12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. (The saints and servants must wait for their opportunity to rule the earth.)
13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, (The DK’s servants and saints destined to rule the earth are an orchard of pomegranates and a camphire with spikenard. Meaning very lovely flowering fruit and authority from God.)
14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: (The words of the earth’s renewal continue from Verse 13.)
15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. (This is Revelation 21. New Jerusalem comes to the earth.)
16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. (Awake O wicked, and come south. Blow upon the earth so that my saints may flow out, that the DK come into his garden and have the saints and servants of God. Awesome verse.)
Actually, the north wind is what my friends and I call the KOA. King of Assyria because it was Assyria who came against Israel during the reign of Hezekiah. This is the central feature of Isaiah in Chapters 36-40. It follows that during our time, the KOA comes from the north, which is Russia.
