5 PART OVERVIEW 4:1-5:1
1. Jesus affirms the bide(4:1-5)
2. The bride responds with total obedience(4:6)
3. Jesus affirms the bride again(4:7-15)
4. The bride prays for Jesus to perfect her faith(4:16)
5. Jesus answers her prayers(5:1)
The primary way or method God uses to change His weak and sin filled bride is to nourish and cherish her! "Mike Bickel"
THE PROPHETIC HEART OF THE HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM( 4:1-8 ).
4:1; Behold, you are fair my love! Behold, your are fair. You have dove’s eyes behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, going down from Mount Gilead.
Fair: Beautiful.
Dove’s eyes: Purity( Isaiah 17:7 )
Your hair is like a flock of goats: ( 1 Peter 3:3-5 ). Dedication to God. Spiritual covering and submission.
* Again He speaks affirmation over us. BEHOLD, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Our dedication to seeking the Lord is a sweet aroma before His throne.
4:2; Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep which have come up from the washing, everyone of which bears twins, and none is barren among them.
Your teeth: Chewing on the food. Meditating long on the meat of the word of God.(1 Corinthians 3:1-3)
Shorn sheep: Speaks of our fleshly zeal.
Washed: Cleansed, made pure(John 13:10). Washed white with the blood of the Lamb( Ephesians 5:26).
Bears twins…..none were barren: Diligence in the word. Fruitfulness of the word(1 Timothy 4:6-16).
* A mandate, also a guide in to the path of righteousness. He is assuring us that He see’s ours of studying the word. He is giving us affirmation that the word does really wash us white as snow, if we really take heed to the calling of the word. The more we study, the more we chew on the word of God, this will cause us to know Him more. (Joel 2:12-17)
4:3; Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate.
Your lips: Verbal communication that is influenced by redemption.
Scarlet: Coming redemption by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 4:29; Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Your mouth: Communion with Jesus. Intimacy with God.
Your temples: Cheeks or emotions. Imparted by the grace of God.
Veil: Her hidden life in God.
Pomegranate: (Sweet Fruit) Our emotions are sweet to God.
* Our verbal communication with God is super important. He is the one and only thing that can cause us to bridal our tongue…E.T.C. Our emotions were given to us by God. He loves our emotions toward Him, they are a sweet fragrance to Him. So we must always be in communion with the Lord our God.
4:4; Your neck is like the tower of David. Built for an armory. On which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Neck: Free will
Tower of David: Strength
A thousand bucklers: An abundant defense and mass protection from the enemy.
Shield: (Ephesians 6:16) Put it on!
* We have free will. Yet this is what we have chosen(Philippians 3:7-11). Psalms 27:4; The one thing, to spend our days seeking the wisdom of God over the wisdom of man. He see’s us as strong! Take up the Ephesians 6 creed and declare war against your flesh.
4:5; Your two breast are like two fawns. Twins of a gazelle. Which feed among the lilies.
Your two breast are like two fawns: Power to edify and to mature others.
Which feed among the lilies: Pure. Producing fruit that can only be gained by seeking for the Lord as silver and gold(Matthew 25).
* We desperately need a revelation of the Lord’s affirmation over us. That way we can learn to walk in purity. So that, we may rightly edify the church. Lord open our hearts!!!
4:6; Until the day breaks, until the shadows flee away. I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Day: Victory
Shadows: Grey area’s of weakness.
I will go: Embracing a life of carrying the cross of Christ.
Mountains: Obstacles that hinder us from faith and obedience.
Myrrh: Burial spice. Expensive.
Frankincense: Our prayer life is a sweet fragrance to the Lord.
* She is declaring the victory of the cross in her life. She acknowledges the grey area’s of sin in her life. But, she is embracing a lifestyle of prayer and fasting. We must press in to prayer and in to the word of God so that we can defeat the sin and carnality of our flesh. We must believe with all of our hearts that our prayers are sweet to the Lord(Revelation 5:8).
4:7; You are all fair my love. And there is no spot in you.
* Time and time again the Lord speaks love and affirmation to His bride. Through the finished work of the cross we are spotless. We need this revelation to overcome sin and shame.
4:8; Come with Me from Lebanon my spouse. With Me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon. From the lion dens. From the mountains of the leopards.
Come with Me: A calling to intimacy and partnership(Joel 2:12-17).
My spouse: 1st time He calls her wife. She is growing in maturity with the Lord. Becoming equally yoked.
From Lebanon: Dangerous, but beautiful.
Look from the top: Heavens perspective.
Amana…Hermon…Senir: Seated in heavenly places.
Lions: Spiritual warfare.
* Through the hardships and obstacles of life we will be healed little by little(Psalms 138:8, Philippians 1:6). From heavens perspective, we have been seated with Christ, above all the angels. Jesus is calling us out of the dangerous places, even if we think they are beautiful to behold. Jesus is calling us to fight through in the Spirit that dwells inside of us, so that we might walk in to maturity and become equally yoked with the Son of God. We are the bride of Christ, and we need to come to this revelation and embrace it with open arms(Revelation 22:17).
8 CHARACTER TRAITS JESUS WANTS TO COME FORTH IN HIS BRIDE:
1. Dove’s eyes; Eyes of faith, purity and revelation of the knowledge of God.
2. Dedication to God, and Spiritual covering with submission.
3. Chewing and meditation on the word of God.
4. Verbal communication that is influenced by redemption.
5. Intimacy with God.
6. Emotions that are impacted by the grace of God.
7. Free will.
8. Power to edify and nurture others to maturity with God.
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