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17th August 2014

The Song of Songs

Hallelujah to the King

Maker of the heavens and earth

Exalted by the roar of a multitude:

“Salvation and glory and power

Belong to our God”.

The cry of hallelujah resounds

The fullness of time shows his victory

Justice and truth are revealed

His wisdom adored.

Chorus:

Hallelujah to the King of Kings

Hallelujah the Almighty reigns

Let us all rejoice and give him all our praise, our

praise.

Praise the Lord you servants of God

All who fear him come, whether small or great:

Fall before his throne in awe

And worship him.

Blessed are those who will feast

At the glorious banquet of God himself;

The wedding of the Lamb has come,

His bride is now here.

Chorus:

Hallelujah to the King of Kings

Hallelujah the Almighty reigns

Let us all rejoice and give him all our praise, our

praise.

Hallelujah to the Lord of Lords

Hallelujah to the God of power

The people of the Lord are ready to see their

king,Jesus.

Desert Song

This is my prayer in the desert

When all that's within me feels dry

This is my prayer in my hunger and need

My God is the God who provides

And this is my prayer in the fire

In weakness or trial or pain

There is a faith proved

Of more worth than gold

So refine me, Lord, through the flame

CHORUS

And I will bring praise

I will bring praise

No weapon formed against me shall remain

I will rejoice

I will declare

God is my victory and He is here

And this is my prayer in the battle

When triumph is still on its way

I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ

So firm on His promise I'll stand

(Chorus)

All of my life

In every season

You are still God

I have a reason to sing

I have a reason to worship

(Repeat)

(Chorus)

This is my prayer in the harvest

When favor and providence flow

I know I'm filled to be emptied again

The seed I've received I will sow

Presentation - Paul

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be

thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive

every one that is indebted to us. And lead us

not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11: 2-4

Part 1 –

Initial Love

Part 2 –

Faltering Love

Part 3 –

Growing Love

Part 4 –

Transforming Love

Part 5 –

Mature Love

Song of Songs

Ch 1:2 – 2:7

Initial description of the longing and desires

Conversation between the lovers

Ch 2:8 – 3:5

Ch 3:6 – 5:1

The New Creation

The call to something greater

Ch 5:2 – 7:13

The Maiden accepts the call

Suffering

Spiritual Growth

Ch 8:1-14Hesitations

Failure & Restoration

Song of Songs - The Cast The Maiden / Shulamite

The Elect (Romans 11:7)

The Beloved

Christ – The Bridegroom (Matthew 9:15)

The Daughters of Jerusalem

The Jews – or those luke warm

The Flock

Christians

The Watchmen

Those that actively oppose the maidenBusybodies – (Matthew 23:15)

Teachers with different opinions

The King

Solomon – The Riches of this world(Mark 4:19)

Song of Solomon, chapter 5

The Beloved’s proclamation

1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse:

I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have

eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk

my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea,

drink abundantly, O beloved.

The Death, Resurrection and Glorification of

Jesus Christ

The Garden:

The spirit of God (kingdom of heaven)

The body of man within the spirit of God

(kingdom of God)

Sister – as fellow children of God

Spouse – the relationship between Christ and the

Church

The Myrrh – Symbolic of the death

The Spices – Frankincense? Used as part of

trespass offerings (deliberate sins)

The honey from the honeycomb –

The very finest honey, pure, undefiled and highly

sort after.

The Beloved’s proclamation

1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse:

I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have

eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk

my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea,

drink abundantly, O beloved.

The honey from the honeycomb The Old Testament

Psalm 19:7-10 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the

testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:

the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the

eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the

judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much

fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

The Wine and the Milk The New Testament

Hebrew 5:12 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have

need that one teach you again which be the first

principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as

have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

The Maiden takes up the story…

2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my

beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my

sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my

head is filled with dew, and my locks with the

drops of the night.

3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I

have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Sleep – we all sleep waiting to be awakened

Knocking:

Revelations 3:20 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear

my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and

will sup with him, and he with me.

“my sister, my love, my dove, myundefiled” –>

“my sibling, who I desire, who is faithful to me and

cleansed”

Dew:

Hosea 14:4-5

4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for

mine anger is turned away from him.

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the

lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Putting off the Coat and Washing the feet

The removal of the evil coat

Continuing our journey without it

John 13:8

8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.

Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part

with me.

The Maiden continues her story

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the

door, and my bowels were moved for him.

5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands

dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet

smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had

withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed

when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find

him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

The response to the call:

Christ does not just knock – he tries the door

handle

The maiden recognises his voice and responds

She rises to his request to “let him in”

Rising in faith and hope through the spirit (myrrh)

Only through the power of the spirit can she open

the door (lock)

The expectation in opening the door is immediate

satisfaction – but instead feels even further away.

(sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know!)

This is a great example of growing pains

Hymn 6

Who can describe the joys prepared,

For those who love with one accord

T’ obey the word the Lord has given;

Who dwells above, enthron’d in heav’n.

Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard,

What for His children He’th prepared;

Neither can mortal man conceive

The joys of those who in Him live.

But glorious treasures are in store,

And He will manifest his pow’r,

When all the world together sing,

And praise and glorify their King.

They now behold the happy day,

When evil will be swept away;

When all the kingdoms under heav’n

Will unto Isr’el’s seed be given.

The Maiden goes off the rails. – well sort of

7 The watchmen that went about the city found me,

they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of

the walls took away my veil from me.

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find

my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of

love.

The Watchmen again!

The maiden is looking for answers to what this new

development means and what’s going on

The faith and new found belief is torn down by

those that don’t believe it

Her beliefs are exposed and she feels shame

because she is mocked/singled out/ridiculed

The appeal to the daughters of

Jerusalem

She appeals desperately to others weaker than

herself to help her through her confusion

Sick of love – she is overcome again, but not with

Joy this time, in humiliation

The questions from the daughters of Jerusalem

(other believers)

9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved,

O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved

more than another beloved, that thou dost so

charge us?

The maiden responds (perhaps recovers?)

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest

among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are

bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of

waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet

flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet

smelling myrrh. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl:

his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

thou fairest among women – others recognise her as a

strong christian

Why is this so relationship important to you?

How is this better than what we have?

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon

sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as

Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether

lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.

How the Maiden sees her beloved

10. He is Pure, full of Life and Power. A

mighty leader - such as King David

11. He is the divine King with the power of

youth eternally

12. He sees all things perfectly and the way

he sees things is beautiful

13. He sacrificed his life for ours, through

his lips comes teaching which imparts to us

the spirit

14. The works of his hands is the work of

God (Gold) and is sure (beryl). He feels

(bowels) directly toward us in a perfect

(bright) self-sacrificing (ivory) way with

heavens power (sapphire)

15. He is unshakable, walking in the power

of God, set above all others and exceling all

others

16. Every word he speaks is wonderful, in

fact he is completely wonderful. He is my

beloved and he is my friend.

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song;

this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,

firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter, my All in All,

here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones he came to save:

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied -

For every sin on Him was laid;

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain:

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave he rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,

For I am His and He is mine -

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath.

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand;

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

How deep the Father's love for us

How deep the Father's love for us,

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,

The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the chosen One,

Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,

My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,

Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there

Until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life

I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything

No gifts, no power, no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ

His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?

I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart

His wounds have paid my ransom.

Thanks for coming to

A thought for the week…

“…it is the voice of my beloved that

knocketh, saying, Open to me..”

Song of Solomon 5:2

Next week –

Song of Solomon

Chapter 6…

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