SOS Notes Session 16.pdf

S ONG OF S ONGS ‘98 – M IKE B ICKLE

SESSION 16: Jesus Praises Her After The Season Of Testing

(6:4–10)

SONG 6: 4-10

4. O My love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with

banners!

5. Turn your eyes away from Me, for they have overcome Me. Your hair is like a flock of

goats going down from Gilead.

6. Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which have come up from the washing; every one bears

twins, and none is barren among them.

7. Like a piece of pomegranate are your temples behind your veil.

8. There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

9. My dove, My perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, the favorite of the one

who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed, the queens and the

concubines, and they praised her.

10. Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and

awesome as an army with banners? (6:4-10)

OVERVIEW OF SONG (6:4-10)

The Bride asked the daughters of Jerusalem for help to find the Lord's Presence

again (5:8). Jesus has not spoken to her since SONG 5:2. The Lord answers

breaking His silence. Then the daughters asked the Bride where they could find

Jesus (SONG 6:1). She answered that the Lord was in His garden the entire time

(6:2).

As she was dialoguing with the maidens (5:8-6:3), the Lord suddenly

interrupted her to communicate His feelings for her (6:4-9). He praises

the Bride in a very extravagant way. He expresses His affection for her in

6:4-9. He interrupts in 6:4, “O my love,” and He begins to speak and ends

the period of silence that tested her. Then the Holy Spirit adds another

affirmation in 6:10.

This statement from Jesus is as powerful as the one she has just spoken to

Him (5:10-16).

Jesus gives His view of her as she went through the ultimate two- fold test. Jesus

drew near to her for the first time after He knocked in 5:2.

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Jesus now enjoys communion with her as He described in 5:1. He reveals

Himself to her in a new and sweet way.

The testing of SONG 5:6-7 now seems worth all the pain. Jesus describes her

beauty in a 3-fold praise using 3 different metaphors (6:4). He uses the language

of love: "as beautiful as", "as lovely as", "as awesome as". Jesus is overcome

with her love (6:5). In this context He gives one of the great statements in the

Word of God: "...your eyes have overcome Me!"

Verse by verse study of SONG 6:4–10

II.

JESUS DESCRIBES HER BEAUTY (6:4)

O My love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army

with banners! (6:4)

Suddenly He breaks the silence that began in 5:6. He was absent, but now He is

manifesting His presence. Jesus responds after witnessing her extravagant worship in

5:10-16. Jesus was silent through her entire test. However, even in the difficulty she

replied, "He's outstanding, He's dazzling, He's altogether beautiful, I'm lovesick." He

gives her a 3-fold praise using 3 different metaphors (6:4). He describes her beauty in 3

ways, as Tirzah, as Jerusalem and as an army with banners. This beauty was imparted to

her through her trials and tribulations. She ends up lovely, beautiful and awesome. Then

He describes her beauty more fully in SONG 7:6-9.

Jesus breaks His silence to reassure her of His great love for her in a season of

testing.

"O My love"

His first utterance to her communicates His affection. This phrase

expresses how He feels about her.

Augustine said that the only praise to be desired and the only praise that is

true, is praise that comes from God. God promised His redeemed such

love through Isaiah.

You shall no longer be termed Forsaken…but you shall be called

Hephzibah…for the LORD delights in you (Is. 62:4)

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In her statement of worship during her trial she addresses Jesus in her first

and last words as “My Beloved is dazzling” and “ This is my Beloved .”

(SONG 5:10, 16). So also, the first statement He used to describe her in

the exact same way “Oh My love.” Each time they address each other

throughout the book they use the language, “You are beautiful,” or “O my

love or my Beloved.”

Jesus celebrates the marvelous beauty worked in her by the Holy Spirit.

"You are as beautiful as..."

Nine times in the Song, the Bridegroom affirms her beauty (1:15a; 1:15b;

2:10,13; 4:1a,b; 4:7; 6:4; 7:7). Her beauty is the fruit of Divine testing

with her obedient responses and the revelation of His affection. This

beauty as the end product of her trials. All through the difficult season He

was perfecting or adorning her heart with beauty.

a. The knowledge of how Jesus loved her made her beautiful. She is also

made radiant and beautiful by her love for Jesus.

b. The Father is adorning the church as a Bride for her Husband (Rev.

21:2). He's making her beautiful. Adorning means making her

beautiful.

c. The Father is adorning or making beautiful a people for Himself by

giving them His Spirit, the gift of righteousness, and through trials and

tribulations. This beauty has been imparted to her through tribulation

(Rom. 8:18,28). She has been equipped and purified through testings

(Acts 14:23). In Rom. 8:18 it teaches that the sufferings of this age are

not worthy to compare to the “incomparable beauty” to be imparted to

and revealed in us.

d. The Lord declares her beauty. He is focused on producing and

declaring the beauty of His people. This is very important part of

God's plan. We must study this diligently.

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Tirzah was the most beautiful city in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

" O My love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah…"

The word Tirzah literally means beautiful, delightful or pleasant. Thus,

this city was named Tirzah because of its remarkable natural beauty. It

was a Canaanite capital because of its beauty.

Initially, it was a capital city of the Canaanites that was captured by Israel

(Josh. 12:24; 1 Kings 15:33; 16:61). In 931 BC, the generation after

Solomon, a civil war broke out which divided the nation. Solomon’s son

Rehoboam led Judah in the south, while Jeroboam led Israel in the north.

Ten tribes under the leadership of king Jeroboam rebelled against Judah

who was under king Rehoboam. Jeroboam chose Tirzah as his capital

city, as did several other Kings of Israel (1 Kings 14:17; 15:21; 16:6).

Eventually King Zimri burned Tirzah, after this King Omri built Samaria

in its place. Samaria became the new capital city of the Northern

Kingdom (1 Kings 16:18,24).

a. When Jeroboam split off from Rehoboam, he made Tirzah the capital

city of the 10 northern tribes of Israel. Tirzah became the capital city

because it was the most beautiful city in the north. It was a city in the

territory of the tribe of Manassah

b. Eventually, Tirzah was burned to the ground and Samaria became the

new capital of the Northern Kingdom.

c. Before Israel conquered the land of Palestine, Tirzah was a capitol city

for the unbelievers (Canaanites). Tirzah was one of the most beautiful

cities of the Gentile world.

Tirzah was known as the beautiful capital city of the Canaanites. This

beautiful city famous while under the leadership of unbelievers speaks of

the Bride as being beautiful in the midst of unbelievers. He is telling her

that she will be effective in winning unbelievers. Her beauty would not

only be seen by God, it would be beautiful enough to win the cynics and

those that were blinded and darkened of heart.

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Jerusalem was the spiritual capital of Israel.

" O My love, you are…as lovely as Jerusalem"

God ordained Jerusalem as the national center of worship. It was THE

holy city. His Presence (the Shekinah glory of God) dwelt in Solomon's

temple in Jerusalem. Jerusalem became the most significant city in the

earth because it was the only city where the Shekinah glory of God dwelt.

Also, the law of God was taught there in abundance. Every believer was

commanded to go to Jerusalem to worship for the yearly feasts.

Jerusalem speaks here of worship or inner beauty that results from

worshipping God.

The 2 strongest and most beautiful cities in Palestine were Tirzah and Jerusalem.

Some commentators present Tirzah, being the former capital of the Canaanites, as

symbolic here of the unbelieving Gentile nations and Jerusalem, being the capital

of the Hebrew nation, as symbolic here of believing Jews.

In other words, God has made the church beautiful to both believers and

unbelievers in order to win both groups to wholeheartedness in Jesus.

Tirzah, a beautiful royal city of the Canaanites (Gentiles) speaks of the

Bride being beautiful to unbelievers, whereas Jerusalem a beautiful royal

city of the Israel speaks of the Bride being beautiful to believers.

Jesus said “O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,” Even the heathen

will see you and call you beautiful. You're as lovely as Jerusalem, the

people that worship and love God will see your beauty. Her beauty

reaches both groups.

He is also highlighting the fact that she is "as a great city" which speaks of

the corporate church, as in 3:2. Jesus compares His people to a city of

light set on a hill (Mt. 5:13).

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