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S ONG OF S ONGS ‘98 – M IKE B ICKLE
SESSION 15: The Transcendent Beauty Of Jesus (5:10–16)
SONG 5:10-16
10. My Beloved is white and ruddy, chief among ten thousand.
11. His head is like the finest gold; His locks are wavy, and black as a raven.
12. His eyes are like doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
13. His cheeks are like a bed of spices, banks of scented herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping
liquid myrrh.
14. His hands are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is carved ivory inlaid with sapphires.
15. His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon,
excellent as the cedars.
16. His mouth is most sweet, yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my
friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!
I.
OVERVIEW OF SONG 5:10-16
A.
The young Bride in the midst of the ultimate 2- fold test (5:6-7) gives one of the
most powerful descriptions of Jesus and one of the most outstanding expressions
of worship in the Word of God. This is the one time in the Song where she pours
herself out in worship to the King. It is a magnificent, poetic unveiling of the
splendor of Christ Jesus.
B.
This is an outstanding statement of love for God. I challenge you to take
sufficient time to learn the language of 5:10-16.
1.
It may seem a little awkward at first, but there is much insight to glean
from each of these lines. This is written in poetic language so that we
could ever reach new depths of understanding of it.
2.
This passage of Scripture is meant to equip our souls to effectively
worship God in times of testing. That is the principle of this session.
3.
This is a "must" passage for us to master while on our journey to
growing in mature bridal affections for Jesus. This is especially true
during times of testing. This is not a passage that we can be content to
read without deep meditation. This is one we must go through over and
over and search out.
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C.
The Holy Spirit speaks in parables, as well as, poetically in order to give more to
those who are hungry. The Scripture interprets the Scriptures so as to provide a
guide for this parabolic language.
"Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and
hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. "And in them the prophecy
of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: `Hearing you will hear and shall not
understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this
people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they
have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest
they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.'
(Matt. 13:13-15)
1.
God often speaks of deep things in the hidden language of parables in
order to reveal more on the basis of hunger.
2.
He taught parables for 2 reasons, to make truth easy and also to make truth
difficult. He taught that way to make things simple and to make them
difficult, so that only the hungry heart of love could experience them.
This is a love song; therefore, He speaks in the poetic language of love.
This provides endless depths to enjoy. Poetry, in some ways, is far deeper
than the normal mode of teaching because it can go deeper in
understanding.
D.
In this passage the Holy Spirit uses metaphors of the human body to convey ten
attributes of God's personality. The full meaning is somewhat hidden in the
language of romantic poetry. She gives a very poetic and dynamic statement of
the glory of Jesus. The Bride gives 12 descriptive statements of Jesus. The first
one is a ge neral statement, then 10 distinct attributes of God, and then the last
statement is a summary one.
1.
She describes ten attributes of Jesus, each of which have two descriptions.
a. There is much to add to these insights on the 10 attributes. My
purpose is to offer a mere seed of understanding that you may water
over the years through loving meditation. One practical way to grow
in understanding of these 10 attributes and to effectively meditate on
God's beauty is by speaking these truths back to God in worship and
prayer.
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b. I recommend studying books on the attributes of God. A. W. Tozer
has an excellent work entitled, "The Knowledge of the Holy." I also
recommend the books, "Knowing God" by J. I. Packer, "The Nature
of God" by A. W. Pink and the "Pleasures of God" by John Piper.
All of these can be found at our Abounding Grace Bookstore (800-
552-2449 or at www.fotb.com).
E.
The daughters asked, “How could you worship Him under such duress?” This
gives us the knowledge she possessed that equipped her to worship God.
Knowledge of these ten attributes stabilizes us in the midst of the storms of life or
the "dark nights of the soul.”
1.
This is the knowledge of Jesus' beauty that empowered her to be an
extravagant worshipper under severe testing. Once we see such Divine
beauty we can never draw back from Him.
2.
She responds to her season of testing in perfect obedience with the heart
cry, "Jesus is dazzling and chief among 10,000” instead of being offended
with God.
3.
It is normal for an immature believer to be easily offended. Many find it
easy to be preoccupied with feeling that God mistreats them. She is
focused on His majestic beauty instead of being preoccupied with her own
pressures.
4.
The Bride teaches others to be preoccupied with the splendor of His
beauty. She overcomes her self- focus as she offers this mature expression
of worship.
5.
These are the main 12 statements that she spoke back to God with
understanding in her heart as "confessions of faith" to strengthen her heart
during the severe trial of SONG 5:6-7.
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6.
These are the actual revelations that the Holy Spirit recorded for us as we
seek to imitate the Bride's responses. These are the ones He purposefully
wants us to know in our journey to be a mature Bride. They were
specifically discerned in the heart of God and given to us to imitate Bridal
love. This passage of scripture is meant to equip our soul to hold on to
God in the inevitable times of testing. In our private prayer life it is good
to proclaim these attributes back to God. Our soul will begin to grow in
the knowledge of God as we consistently magnify Him according to His
excellencies and His perfections.
7.
Each one of these 12 distinct statements brings healing. During times of
personal dryness we can imitate the wisdom of the Bride by recalling the
excellencies of Jesus to revive our affections. Each aspect of His
personality has a particular ability to refresh and revive the soul under
pressure.
8.
She is fully able to give an in-depth answer as to why He is her consuming
love. She is fully capable of speaking from her heart with depth of insight.
Our prayer is, “Holy Spirit enlarge our capacity to receive from You.”
F.
Three purposes are accomplished in this passage.
1.
She answers the maiden’s question in SONG 5:9.
2.
She gives the answers that heal and strengthen her soul in the midst of
pressure.
3.
She is moving the heart of God the whole time, even though she doesn’t
feel anything. She is answering the maidens, her heart is being healed and
she is moving the heart of Jesus in a way she cannot comprehend until He
breaks the silence in the next session and begins to speak to her after the
great test.
G.
The mystery of God's beauty must be sought with diligence.
Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man
has seen or can see, to Whom be honor and everlasting power (1 Tim. 6:16)
1.
God dwells in light that is unapproachable. The throne of God is cloaked
in unapproachable light. He clothes Himself in garments of light.
Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment (Ps. 104: 2)
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2.
In what sense does God dwell in unapproachable light? In what way are
we limited in how close we can get to Him?
a. The phrase “unapproachable light” seems totally opposite of the
message of intimacy in the Song of Solomon.
b. He is not unapproachable because of His anger over our sin. We can
come boldly to the Father in Jesus.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Heb. 4:16)
c. Nor is He unapproachable because of His lack of desire for intimacy
with us.
d. We are limited in how close we can get to Him because our spiritual
capacity to receive is so limited. He is unapproachable in the sense
that our human capacity is so small that we cannot yet receive of the
fullness of God.
e. For example, it does not work to plug in a 110-volt machine into a
million- volt electrical current. Our human spirit is unable to receive
God's fullness. Our spiritual capacity increases in this age and even
throughout eternity. The Holy Spirit wants to enlarge our capacity so
that God is more approachable to the ones He so dearly loves. So that
He can give more of Himself to us
H.
Jesus is the most majestic, indescribably lovely Person that the human heart can
behold. Seeing His soul-satisfying beauty is the greatest source for holy passion.
1.
Jesus' full beauty is incomprehensible. It is impossible to fully
comprehend or communicate His beauty with the limitation of the five
natural senses. The Holy Spirit uses the word, "like" when referring to
Jesus' splendor, because nothing is adequately comparable to it. The 3
main metaphors in creation depicting the splendor of Christ Jesus are the
mountains, the sky and the sea.
2.
Any metaphor used is inadequate and significantly deficient in conveying
the beauty of Christ Jesus. His beauty far exceeds any metaphor used by
the Holy Spirit from the natural created order.
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