The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s
Song of Solomon 1:1 “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s”
Solomon wrote 1005 songs (1 Kings 4:32)….
But this book, the Song of Solomon…..is the Song of Songs, because it pictures the intimate relationship between the Lord and the seeking believer.
Song of Solomon 1:2-3 “Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth: for Thy love is better than wine.
Because of the savour of Thy good ointments Thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love Thee.”
Here is the desire for that intimate, personal relationship with Christ Jesus.
She asks, for His kisses which would show to her His personal love to her.
Do we want this?
She is saved, and knows the Lord…..but has felt that there is more to knowing Him, then she has…..
….therefore she asks for the “kisses of Thy mouth”.
No one can kiss two persons at the same time, so this is what she asks for. That expression of HIs personal love for her…..which is not possessed by another.
(Every Israelite had their own land, their own possession…..yet all were in the Promised Land.
So, too, with each Christian, with their own needs and personality…..God loves all His believers,….yet He gives each their own possession of Him….their own “kisses of His mouth” to experience….if they want.)
She is saying, “I know Your love, it is better than all that I have ever had….”the wine” of the world.
And the Holy Spirit has shown me that nothing can compare to Your personal love……so I want to know You more.”
Do we want to know the Lord in a more personal way? Do we want our possession in Christ Jesus?
He has a Name so sweet that it draws her to Him.
“Savour of Thy good ointments” means that the sweet scent of Christ, seen in His Name, has blown abroad. No one has this, like Christ. No one shares the same sweetness to our souls.
(When Aaron was consecrated as High Priest, he was anointed with oil [Exodus 29:7]. The anointing oil was made of myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and olive oil [Exodus 30:23-25]. The scent would have been noticeable….and no one else could use this particular composition….it was holy, for the Tabernacle and priests.)
It is His Name….Jesus—Savior….that is so sweet. The “good ointment” of that Name….has been “poured forth”…and we remember Him voluntarily, out of love for us and His Father’s Will…..being sacrificed, in death for us.
“The virgins love Thee”. The virgins here are the church….they love Him, they love HIs name and what it means to them….what He has done for them.
How do we feel about His precious name? How do we feel when His Name is taken in vain?
(Remember, at the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow!
Philippians 2:9-11 “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
There are many names for the Lord Jesus,….mighty names….but it is not at any one of them that every knee shall bow….
….but at the name of Jesus.
It is the name of His humanity….of HIs humility….
…but at the very sounding of His name….every knee will bow.)
This Name, Jesus, is truly precious. It means Savior (Matthew 1:21)…and the scent of His Person, coming forth to save me,…us….from our sins, that we might be forever with Him…..
….has been sent into every nation, tongue, people…
….how does it effect us?
Song of Solomon 1:4 “Draw me,…”.
This is the cry of her heart…..
“Draw me, we will run after Thee: the king hath brought me into HIs chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine: the upright love Thee.”
For a king to permit his hand, or his garment, to be kissed….was considered a great honor….
…but that the King of kings should kiss me with the kisses of His mouth….would be the greatest honor.
That the King should permit me audience into His chambers or pavilion, where only trusted friends are able to come (Esther 4:11, 5:2)…..boldly before His throne (Hebrews 4:16)…is wonderful….
…”we will be glad (inward) and rejoice (outward)….in Thee….we will remember Thy love more than wine.”
Again I ask: Do we?
Is our desire for a more personal….and a more complete relationship with Christ?
O the unsearchable riches of Christ! Wealth that can never be told;
Riches exhaustless of mercy and grace, Precious, more precious than gold!
O the unsearchable riches of Christ! Who’s shall their greatness declare!
Jewels whose luster our lives may adorn, Pearls that the poorest may wear.
O the unsearchable riches of Christ! Freely, how freely they flow;
Making the souls of the faithful and true, Happy wherever they go.
O the unsearchable riches of Christ! Who would not gladly endure…
Trials, afflictions, and crosses on earth, Riches like these to secure!
Preaching, Teaching, and Notes 