Deuteronomy 6: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Do you love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might?
Psalm 108: O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
Do you see yourself as the beloved of God, betrothed by a covenant promise to be loved eternally? Has His love so wooed you that you have fallen so completely in love with Him that you long to see Him, face to face, and you are awaiting His return, listening for His voice and reading His love letters over and over again–so that you keep that love afresh?
Song of Solomon 2: 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
The song of Solomon represents a love story between the shepherd King and an outcast maiden. When she first falls in love with him, the maiden believes him to be a simple shepherd boy. He promises to return one day to marry her. When he does, he returns as the king. The story serves as a beautiful picture of Christ’s love for His Bride (the church). Paul refers to this concept in 2 Corinthians 11(amp)
"2 For I am [a]zealous for you with a godly eagerness and a divine jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one Husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But [now] I am fearful, lest that even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted and seduced from wholehearted and sincere and pure devotion to Christ."
The song of Solomon is one of unconditional love that accepts the bride to be just as they are and transforms her into the queen she will be. Just as Christ’s love for us, who accepts us as we are and transforms us by His love. Do we love our Shepherd King? Are we awaiting His return? Have you accepted His proposal?
Christ spoke of this in Matthew 25: "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
The offer of salvation is to all who would believe. There are many who might believe that there was a Christ and that He is returning; but have never accepted Him as their Savior, because they believe there is still time. The oil in the lamps refers to those who have accepted Christ as their Savior and have the indwelling Holy Spirit. Those without oil are those who are waiting to accept Christ later, another day. Do Your Lamps Have Oil?
Revelation 22: 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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