SOS Notes Session 07.pdf

S ONG OF S ONGS – M IKE B ICKLE

Session 7: The Bride’s Identity in the Beauty of God (1:12–2:7)

SONG 1:12-17

While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, that lies all night between my breasts.

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of En Gedi.

Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes.

Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green.

The beams of our houses are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

SONG 2:1-7

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Like a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat

down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am lovesick.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not

stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.

OVERVIEW OF SONG 1:12—2:7

She experiences the joy of knowing God's affectionate love and passionate desire for her. This is

an exhilarating time in her life. She experiences the superior pleasures of the Divine romance.

The problem is that she is not fully balance and is still self-absorbed but does not know it. This

is to be expected in the early seasons of her spiritual childhood. She thinks of the Lord mostly in

terms of her own spiritual pleasure instead of what the Lord receives from her.

During this season of her life, Jesus is a means and not the end of her life. She has discovered

that this happiness is most deeply experienced when God's presence seems near to her. Being

obedient to Jesus is not yet the highest goal of her life.

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THE 2 ND REVELATION OF JESUS EXPRESSING THE FATHER'S HEART

She receives a fresh revelation of what He provided for her through the cross

While the king is at his table (1:12a)

Jesus the King, expresses the revelation of the affectionate heart of the

Father. He provided a table. He embraces and affirms her at His table.

He feeds her spirit on the revelation of who He is and what He did. His

table is the revelation of the cross. She partakes of the free gift of

redemption. The table of salvation is taught to her in the beginning of her

spiritual growth (Rom. 3-8).

There is an abundance of food at His table. When we forget the King's

table, then our spirit starves. Shame and guilt begin to weigh us down.

Present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead (Romans 6:13)

a. In other words, worship God as one who is fully accepted and

embraced by the affection of God.

b. She is not striving with condemnation or with fear of rejection.

She sits and rests. Sitting is the key idea. It is also used in 2:3

In all of His kindness as the tender Lamb of God, He is still the great King. He is

not just the Lamb, but He is also the Lion of the tribe of Judah, that roars with

great passion for us. The Lion and the Lamb come together in 1:12. It is

important to see that there is a glorious King at the table.

She has her first glimpse of Jesus as the King who has all authority.

It is from this authority that He speaks of His affection. Therefore, we can

trust that His affection will actually prevail because He is a king.

The question in 1:7, "Where will You feed me?" is partially answered in 1:8-11.

He is feeding her at His table with the fruit of His redemption. She is being fed

by the truth.

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II.

HER 3-FOLD RESPONSE TO THE KINGS' PROVISION.

My spikenard sends forth its fragrance a bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me,

that lies all night between my breasts. My Beloved is to me a cluster of henna

blooms in the vineyards of En Gedi (1:12b-14).

Her fragrance worship ascends to God as perfume. The Lord enjoys the aroma

and fragrance that emanates from her spirit when she is sitting at the Lord’s table.

My spikenard sends forth its fragrance (1:12).

"Spikenard" speaks of her spontaneous worship.

While she is sitting at the King’s table feeding on the truths of the cross

her spontaneous worship and adoration ascends to God as fragrance. The

revelation of the King's provision at His table produces a response of

perfume that ascends before God from her spirit.

Her fragrance or perfume ascends to God and man when she freely

receives all that Jesus provides. The church at Corinth was the one of the

most carnal churches in the New Testament, but Paul declared to them,

"We ARE the fragrance of Jesus Christ to God the Father" (2 Cor. 2:15).

In other words, “When God smells the fragrance your life, He smells the

literal fragrance of His Son. Jesus Christ has a literal fragrance that is a

part of His divine Person. That fragrance is so sweet to the Father.

God who…through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every

place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are

being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the

aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life

leading to life. (2 Cor. 2:14-16)

a. The Lord enjoys the fragrance that emanates from our spirit when we

are focused on the Lord's provision. What He feeds her produces a

perfume that ascends from her spirit to God.

b. When the revelation of His table touches us, our perfume ascends

spontaneously and effortlessly to the Lord.

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What kind of fragrance is coming forth from your spirit to God? What

does God see when He looks at you? Does He smell the fragrance of rest

and gratitude in the cross, or the stench of religious striving and legalism?

a. The revelation of the cross causes great gratitude. Prayer effortlessly

comes forth out of our spirit in this context.

b. We will spontaneously cry out from our heart, through the day, "Oh, I

love You, I love You, for loving me." This "worship perfume" sends

forth its fragrance to God. When we feel embraced, His fragrance

spontaneously rises up to God instead of the fear fragrance.

c. Many of God’s people are overcome with condemnation and

accusation. They feel no security in the presence of God. Therefore

they can not enter into worship. They can sing songs, but they can not

open their heart, because they are afraid they are going to be judged by

God. They are always guarded in the presence of God.

In Luke 7, the prostitute ran into the house of Simon the Pharisee. She

broke the alabaster vial of perfume upon Jesus’ feet. The natural perfume

that filled the room was a mere token of the spiritual perfume that Jesus

saw in her devotion. The perfume that filled that room, in the natural, was

a picture of the perfume that God receives from us when we worship Him.

She understands the abundance of Jesus’ suffering on the cross. Myrrh is referred

to 8 times throughout the SONG. Myrrh is a sweet perfume, which speaks of the

sweetness that comes out of death.

"A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me" (1:13)

Myrrh is an expensive embalming fluid that often speaks of suffering and

death. It was also a very expensive and strong perfume used by wealthy

people. The common person could not afford it.

a. Jesus was born with myrrh. The 3 wise kings brought this embalming

spice to Jesus' birth as a prophe tic symbol of His death. They brought

3 prophetic gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh. They spoke of 3

different things: His deity, His ministry and His death.

b. Jesus was buried with myrrh. When Mary went to see the tomb, she

brought more myrrh and spices to put upon His body.

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It was uncommon for a woman to have a bundle of expensive myrrh as a

chain around her neck. What an extravagantly expensive gift from

Solomon to this young Bride.

A bundle of myrrh speaks of Jesus’ death as an "abundant death" that was

extravagantly expensive to God. When she said, “You are a bundle of

myrrh” she is saying, “I understand the abundance of your suffering, I

understand a little bit of what You went through for me.”

She consistently meditates upon the cross.

"That lies all night between my breasts" (1:13b)

This myrrh lies all night next to her heart and permeates her spirit, as she

meditates upon it on her bed. The costly death of Jesus lies all night on

her heart.

a. She ponders on the revelation of the Lord’s death until it becomes a

part of her. This speaks of meditation on the provision of His

atonement, meditating on the life of grace. It is forever a marvel to her

that God would become a man and die for her sins. This is what the

table is about. God feeds us at His communion table on the work of

the cross.

b. Through the night she meditates on it. The night speaks of the time of

darkness in her weakness, and it speaks of her consistency throughout

all the ages. “The night” carries the idea of consis tency.

Paul constantly gloried in the cross and she is saying the same thing here.

She never grows weary of meditating upon the Cross. If it becomes

boring to us, it is only because we have not understood it.

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of…Jesus

(Galatians 6:14)

That the eternal God could take upon Himself the form of a man is a

marvel that is almost inconceivable. This is absolutely awesome. Through

all of eternity, we will sing with fresh revelation of the cross of Jesus.

One million years from now, we will still be overwhelmed and say, " O'

the glorious death of Christ Jesus." For millions of years He will be a

bundle of myrrh that lies upon our hearts throughout all the ages. When

we really see who He is and what He did, for all of eternity our hearts will

be awed and overwhelmed with gratitude.

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