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S ONG OF S ONGS ‘98 – M IKE B ICKLE

SESSION 3: Introducing The Divine Kiss: 7-Fold Bridal

Paradigm

OVERVIEW

What is a Bridal paradigm?

This session describes the 7- fold Divine kiss and how it relates to a bridal paradigm.

A bridal paradigm is fundamental to the theme of the Bride’s life as well as the

theme of all who sincerely seek the Lord. I believe it represents the prophetic cry of

the Holy Spirit for the wider Body of Christ throughout the earth in this generation.

The goal of this session is to provide some tracks of understanding to run on. Once

these principles are established, then we will be able to move more quickly through

the SONG.

The most dominant theme in the SONG is the affection of God in context to the

beauty of the Bridegroom and bride. What makes this SONG so unique is that it

gives us an intensive revelation of the affection of God. We must make it a priority

to study and meditate on the subject of God's emotional capacities.

A diligent study along these lines is so important to our own emotional

health. We will be transformed when we understand the way God thinks and

feels about us especially in our weakness.

The revelation of His affection and enjoyment of our lives awakens us to

spiritual pleasure. This pleasure enables us to enjoy Jesus as we overflow

with affection back to Him. We love Him because He first loved us (1 John

4:19). In a similar way, we enjoy Him because He first enjoyed us.

II.

THE CRY FOR BRIDAL KISSES (1:2A)

The whole 8 chapter SONG unfolds the implications related to the Divine kiss. This

is the theme of her life. It is actually the theme of everyone who seeks the Lord. We

do not have to use the language of “Let Him kiss me”. However, it is in principle the

Holy Spirit’s goal for of every believer.

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The Divine kiss is metaphor of intimacy with Jesus.

Please do not think of kissing Jesus on the mouth. This is entirely outside the

boundaries of God’s will. I think of God's hand touching my heart and

expanding my capacity to give myself to Him and to receive from Him.

On occasion a man will come to me and say, “I can’t picture Jesus kissing me

on the mouth.” I say, “Good, you’re not supposed to!” It is only a metaphor

speaking for the deepest things that God gives the human spirit. The Divine

kiss is God’s invitation to “casual Christianity” to go deep with Jesus.

“The kisses of the mouth” distinguish this kiss from the other kisses in the Bible. The

Word of God describes several types of kisses:

There is the kiss on the hand of a friend.

There is the kiss on the feet of a servant. It is not the kiss of a servant who

relates at a distance.

There is the kiss of an enemy like Judas who betrayed Jesus with a kiss.

This kiss is written in the language of married love. It is written in the

language of love, specifically the language of married love. Why? This is a

marriage song. Why? We will be married and in love with the Bridegroom

King forever. We would expect the marriage song to be written in the

language of romantic love. The Lord knows that our destiny in eternity is to

be the Bride of Christ.

a. How appropriate to write the deepest expressions of His affection through

the language of bridal love.

b. In scripture God uses many different kinds of metaphors through

scripture. He uses bridal language. He uses military language. He uses

agricultural language.

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III.

THE KISSES OF GODS WORD

The “kisses of God’s mouth” is associated with the “words that proceed out of the

mouth of God”. In other words, it speaks of the Scriptures themselves that

tenderizes and empower our hearts in the love of God by the Holy Spirit. Jesus

quoted Deut. 8:3 in His wilderness temptation. The scripture is the word that

proceeds from God's mouth.

Jesus said "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that

proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4).

For the last 3,000 years rabbis have referred to this verse as the “kiss of God’s

Word” or the “kiss of the Torah”. It is the most prominent way that this verse has

been interpreted throughout the Rabbinical Schools.

We must be very cautious to allow the scripture to be the glorious boundary lines of

our experience of intimacy. It is significant that we seek the “kisses of His Word”

and not all the subjective kisses of our imagination that are not grounded in scripture

but rather in soulish and sensual imagination.

This hinders people by distracting from genuine holy passion.

This will cause disrepute to come to the bridal message in the SONG.

This will make us vulnerable to harmful deceptions.

IV.

THE DIVINE KISS : CULTIVATING A BRIDAL PARADIGM OF THE KINGDOM

The Divine kiss speaks of 7 spiritual principles reflected in the gospel that equip us

to experience and understand the “Bridal paradigm” of the kingdom of God. This

paradigm of the kingdom enables us by the Holy Spirit to experience the holy

romance of the gospel as He reveals Jesus to us as our Bridegroom King. This kiss

represents the Holy Spirit working through the Word to enlarge our capacity in 7

specific ways. These 7 manifestations of the Holy Spirit can be understood as

applying to the three primary “holy romance metaphors” throughout the SONG i.e.

the Divine kiss (1:2), the Divine seal (8:6), or the Divine embrace (2:5; 8:4).

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These 7 dimensions of the bridal paradigm have many applications to our lives. The

kisses of His mouth are in the plural. The kisses, like the perfumes, are stated in the

plural.

They are diverse in their distinctive qualities.

They are varied in their effects upon the heart.

They are manifold in the nature of what they impart.

These 7 dimensions of the bridal paradigm speak significantly to us.

It speaks of 7 longings of the heart relating to 7 designs of the human spirit. It

results in her experience of the superior pleasures that bring her fulfillment,

emotional healing and wholeness.

It speaks of 7 Bridal “realities” of the Kingdom of God.

It speaks of 7 foundational premises of the Holy Spirit's prophetic activity.

The bridal paradigm is necessary we are to receive the most benefit from the SONG.

In our journey to restore the first commandment to first place in our lives.

In our ability to process the greatest emotional crisis in natural history.

a. The most intense presence of sin

b. The greatest release of the occult

c. Overcoming the offenses from the apparent contradictions of the

Bridegroom King who releases the temporal judgments.

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Eschatological Premise

The fact of the final generation as the Bridegroom generation with the bridal

paradigm.

a. Jesus was the first to introduce the bridal paradigm to the corporate

church in His last sermon before the cross (Mt. 22:1-13).

b. John the Baptist was the first to himself and his personal ministry in

context to the bridal paradigm (Jn. 3:29).

c. The apostle John points to the universal prominence of the bridal

paradigm in the generation the Lord returns (Rev. 22:17, Hos. 2:16).

The final generation will have the most emotional brokeness in history.

However, even the most significant sexual perversion can be healed in

context to the bridal paradigm of the Kingdom of God. Jesus, as the leader of

history, declared that lawlessness, with cold hearts, (which includes the

emotions behind the actions) would dominate the earth at that time. For

further reference look at the following scriptures: Matt 24:10-14; 2 Tim 3:1-

5; 1 Tim 4:1-3; 2 Pet 2. Consider the following 7 negative emotional

realities:

a. Anger (rage, woundedness) -

b. Cold love(selfishness, fear) -

c. Lawless (rebellious) -

d. Betrayal (broken relationships) -

e. Hatred (bitterness, unforgiveness) -

f. Sexual perversions – (darkened heart)

g. Occult bondage (blinded, deceived)-

The Bridal paradigm has been strategically reserved by God for the last generation

(which is the most emotionally complex) to empower the church to overcome the

coldest, most lawless, fearful, demonic, and sexually perverted generation in history.

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