Today's Reading:
Matthew 22:23-46
Numbers 22:1-40
Song of Solomon 2:8-3:5
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Thoughts and Commentary on Today's Reading:
Returning to Song of Solomon today, I would like to share a few of the deeper gems to be found, which were first revealed to me by Marian Berry in her book The Prophetic Song of Songs.
Proverbs 2:8-9 "The Voice of my Beloved! Behold, He cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My Beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, He standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, shewing Himself through the lattice."
In this prophetic scene, the Bride is speaking. She starts off mentioning "the Voice of my Beloved." The Voice refers to the Word of God. We heed the Voice of God's Word by doing His Commandments:
Psalm 103:20 "Bless the LORD, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His Commandments, hearkening unto the Voice of His Word."
According to Jamieson in Fausset and Brown Commentary (p 418), in the phrase "Behold He cometh leaping upon the mountains", the mountains represent difficulties and obstacles. In the next part, Christ is depicted as "standing behind our wall". The Hebrew word translated here as "wall" is kothel, or kothel mar avi --- "the wall of trouble". Both the mountain and the wall are prophetic symbols of trouble. Interestingly enough the western wall of Jerusalem, known as the "wailing wall" or kothel mar avi --- the "wall of trouble". In this way there are two representations of trouble to reinforce the warning and remind us of the importance of this part of the message.
Every child of God faces trials, difficulties, and tribulation. But the beautiful promise of this verse is encouraging - our Heavenly Bridegroom has overcome the world, and He gives us the victory also. In the Song of Solomon depiction, our Saviour is seen as a mighty Stag Who powerfully leaps over the mountains and walls!
John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
1 Corinthians 15:57-58 "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
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