Song of Solomon - chapter 1 - Deep Explanation

Song of Solomon - chapter 1 - Deep Explanation  

Song of Solomon 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Explanation: 

This book, sung by Solomon, also can be said a poetic song mixed with prophecy. 

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Verses 2-7: Shulamite (the bride - church) sings to Solomon (the bridegroom - Jesus) 

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Song of Solomon 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Explanation: 

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth

• The congregation says, Bridegroom! Jesus! The first blessing you gave me was a kiss, meaning your word. 
• The first blessing Christians receive is the ‘Word of God’.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

• We are now saved only because the Word became flesh. 
• That Word is the Bridegroom. 
• When we became the bride of the bridegroom, we received his word as the kiss of the bridegroom.
• Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth means "May he bless me with the words of his mouth."

for thy love is better than wine

Psalms 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

• It’s not given as ‘your words were pleasing to my ears’. Why? 
• The word of the God comes to our (congregation) mouths.
• The word that proceeds from his mouth comes to our mouth.
• The word that comes through his tongue, comes to my tongue. 
• That kiss on his mouth and our mouth shows the utterance of God's word. 
• Your love is great.

Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Ephesians 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

• We, the Gentiles, are partakers of the sweet promise of the Old Testament. 
• This is what those mouth kisses mean.

Revelation 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

and it shall make thy belly bitter, 

• Yes it is difficult to live according to the words of the Bible. 

Revelation 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

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Song of Solomon 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Explanation: 

Because of the savour of thy good ointments

good ointments

• It represents Jesus’s cross death. 
• It represents sacrifice.

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him (Jesus), and given him a name which is above every name:

Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Philippians 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

• Thy ointments (thy sacrifices) are sweet-savoured (blessing to me). 
• Because of your sacrificial death, today I have become a child of God and a citizen of Heaven. 
• Before I was a spiritual adulteress, and now have been changed into a spiritual Virgin through your name.

thy name is as ointment poured forth, 

• Thy name (the name of Jesus) is full of perfume;
• As God came to this world in the name of Jesus and died having the name of Jesus, the name of Jesus was poured out on us like a fountain of pure ointment. 
• And so today the congregation (virgins) loves you.

therefore do the virgins love thee.

• Virgins means Christians.
• Yes, Bride is a virgin. 
• Matthew 25:1-3; In the parable of ten virgins, it is talking about virgins, not about women. 
• The 10 virgins mentioned in that parable refers to congregation. 
• The virgins (congregation) loves you (groom)

Song of Solomon 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Explanation: 

Draw me

• The church says, looking at Jesus, Lord! 
• I still need to get closer to you. 
• I want as close a relationship as a bride and groom can have. 
• But I can't. 
• You are the greatest. 
• So, you draw me.

we will run after thee:

• Those who experienced Jesus' miracle in John 6
• When Jesus fed the people with 5 loaves and 2 fish, those who sat and ate, 
• Those who Immersed in the miracles of Jesus, 
• Those people heard his sermon and disheartened and run away, saying it is a hard sermon. 
• Then Jesus looks at his 12 disciples and asks, when are you going to leave?
• Then Peter says, to whom shall we go, you have the living word. 

In Matthew 5 we see two types of Peoples. 

Believers - those who take Jesus behind them. Disciples - Those who follow Jesus. 

• Lord, we don't want to be believers; 
• The congregation looks at Jesus and says that they want to be disciples.

the king hath brought me into his chambers

• King- Jesus (Jesus is shown as King in the book of Matthew). 
• We are going to be accepted by His grace and enter His chambers (heaven). 
• You have drawn us so close that we enter into Your private chamber.

we will be glad and rejoice in thee, 

• As Christians, we have a happiness that no other religion in the world has, and no one else has.
• Though we have a thousand reasons to mourn, we always rejoice in you.

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

we will remember thy love more than wine

• Love - God's love 
• It is because of your love that we who were heathen have been saved today.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

the upright love thee.

• Jesus, you have washed us from sin and purified us and wrapped us in the garment of your righteousness and made us whole. 
• Therefore, we uprights love you.

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Song of Solomon 1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Explanation: 

• The congregation is telling the Jews 

daughters of Jerusalem

• Daughters of Jerusalem - Jews 
• Jews have a feeling about us Gentiles. 
• That we are Jews, and they are only Gentiles.

as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

• It is a Idiom (clear as the sky is blue)

I am black, but comely,

• The congregation looks at the Jews and says, "I'm black, but I'm beautiful." 
• The church says I am a gentile, yet I am beautiful with the Lord. 
• The Lord has made us beautiful who were ugly.
• This verse prophesies this.

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Song of Solomon 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Explanation: 

• The congregation is telling the Jews 

Look not upon me, because I am black, 

• Jews! A true seed of Abraham! 
• Do not see me as a Gentile. 
• Never look me as a stranger.

because the sun hath looked upon me

• The sun hit me, so I became black. 
• Here sun means Desert. 
• Gentiles lived in the Desert region.

my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; 

• Where are the guards for the vineyard? 
• They will be scorched by the sun. 
• In the same way, we, the Gentiles, were burning in the sun without the Lord.

but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

• There is no such thing as a hereditary Christian.
• Even so, it’s only till 16th century.
• Your ancestors were also of a different religion.
• For ages we have not been Jews, Christians, or knowers of the scriptures. 
• We were wandering in the sun, wandering, sweltering and black. 
• That is what this verse prophesied . 

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Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Explanation:

• The congregation is telling to the groom. 

O thou whom my soul loveth, 

Jesus!

where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: 

Thy flock - Israelites 

• The heat of the middle of the day is difficult. 
• So, how do you protect them in the heat?
• Lord, you have been protecting your flock of Israel from the beginning.
• Many forces are trying to destroy them. 
• So many empires, so many kings, so many individuals, so many terrorist groups are trying to destroy Israel.
• But somehow you provide them with immense protection. 
• You feed your own flock; There is something mystery about it. 
• Even in dangerous, overheated times, you wrap them up somewhere. 
• Tell me that, My Lord, 
• Because I wish I could have get such a protection.

for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 

• They are so blessed and safe. 
• The congregation asks the Lord, why should I be without that blessing when that is the case. 
• From this it is clear that there is one thing that the church should always be aware of. 
• Yes. We have come under the grace of God. 
• But the Lord has not and will not abandon the Israelites. 
• He did not abandon the true flock and take us. 
• He is protecting them specially.

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Verses 8-11: Solomon (Jesus - the Groom) sings to Shulamite (Congregation - the Bride ).

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Song of Solomon 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Explanation:

O thou fairest among women,

• For the first time, the Groom (Jesus) talks to the Bride (Church).
• Looking at the congregation groom says, look at this fairest among women! 
• Though there are many people in the world, Jesus admire the people who accepted Jesus and live in Christ. 
• He says they are more beautiful. 

If thou know not

• If you do not know how I feed my flock 

go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

• Shepherd refers to “Church pastors”.
• All Christians need a shepherd. 
• We humans are all sheep. 
• So we need a Shepherd who guides us. 
• Choose a spiritual congregation. 
• You need a spiritual father.

Song of Solomon 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Explanation:

O my love, 

• The groom says to the bride (us).

I have compared thee, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Horse mentioned here is a Female horse. Hebrew word for this horse is “Susa” which means mare (Female horse).

• How the pharaohs would choose horses to pull their chariots is,
• They have to be high quality horses. 
• The pharaohs normally used female horses to pull their chariots for promenades.
• But when going to war, only male horses are used as war horses. 
• Jesus says that “you (church) are the female horse, which I (Jesus) use to go everywhere”.
• You have to carry me. 
• Jesus says to the congregation, You have to carry me wherever I want to go on earth. 
• You must go to all the un evangelized places I want to go.

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

• All this was prophesied by Solomon 1000 years before the church was formed.

Song of Solomon 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Explanation: 

• The king of Israel is talking about the Queens of Israel. 
• We should not imagine other queens. 
• A gold chain around the ear, an ornament that can also come down through the cheeks. 
• Then the ornaments worn on the neck. 
• There are no deep spiritual secrets in this. 
• He describes just the beauty.

Song of Solomon 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

Explanation: 

• It shows the bridegroom admiring how beautiful the Jewish Israel Bride is. 
• It is an ear ornament. 
• An ornament that is studded inside the ear. 
• This jewelry also shows a spiritual symbolism.

Psalms 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Thy testimonies - (Be-heath in Hebrew) is the God’s word. 

• It doesn't just refer to the actual ornament. 
• It also indicates that the ears are eager to hear the word of God. 
• Here we see that the ears of those who read God's Word with desire and depth will be adorned ears.

Verses 12-14: The bride sings to the bridegroom.

Song of Solomon 1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

the king

Jesus

sitteth at his table

Revelation 3:20 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.

• In Jewish culture, sharing a meal with someone is a very high relationship. 
• They ask the guest to eat, to show their respect on them. 
• Likewise, those who came as guest, will have food with them to show that they have accepted them. 
• That’s also a respect 
• Jesus also gave importance to food. 
• He even fed those who came to hear his sermon with 5 loaves and 2 fish. 
• Even on his last night he dined with his disciples.
• The relationship between me and my fiancée, the union is a highly stable union. 
• The bride looks at the groom and says that we have a relationship where he and I eat food together.

my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

• This ointment is not made in Israel. 
• At that time it was the most fragrant ointment available in India. 
• During the reign of King Solomon, that this ointment was brought from India.

John 12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

John 12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

• The ointment which Mary uses is the same ointment talks about in Song of Solomon.
• The congregation says that Jesus the King will eat with me. 
• I will also eat with him. 
• At that time I will always think of his death and resurrection. 
• He came and died for me so I have the grace of fellowship with him today.
• We as the church must be united with Jesus. 
• We have to eat with him. 
• Always eat Manna i.e His word.
• Remember his death till he comes by partaking in the Lord's Supper. 
• In the midst of the fellowship of that meal, we are to be a church fragrant with the remembrance of His death and resurrection. 
• Just as they imported that precious oil at great cost, we should give Him our time without stinginess.

Song of Solomon 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

A bundle of myrrh

Myrrh - Mo-hh in Hebrew 

It later became Me-hh. 

Smyrna (seh-mehh-nah)

It’s the city which produces Myrrh. 

Psalms 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

• Just as ointment of spikenard perfumes the whole house, Myrrh perfumes the king. 
• That is, Myrrh perfumes Jesus.

A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

• A woman's breast is not lust. 
• It is a living organ that pumps blood and create baby’s milk. 
• Jewish women would hang the bundle of Myrrh in the necklace that could be worn around the neck. 
• Jewish women used it to keep their chest area perfumed.
• The spiritual meaning of that is that there is no stench in my heart. 
• There is no ugliness in my heart. 
• My heart smells. 
• As a church, we keep the King Jesus close to our hearts.
• Therefore, the king will come as a fragrant Myrrh-scented king. 
• If we have other things in our hearts, there will be no room for Jesus. 
• So, let's not think about all that and give His Word a place in our hearts.

Song of Solomon 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Explanation:

Engedi

1 Samuel 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.

1 Samuel 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

• Engedi exists somewhere in the areas near the Dead Sea.
• It is a completely dry desert land. 
• But further inside there are beautiful waterfalls.
• There are some plants that exist only in that place.
• There are also vineyards.

cluster of camphire

It’s real name is 

• Ko-phe-h in Hebrew 
• Lawsonia Aiba - Botanical name.
• This plant has two characteristics; Ink and fragrance.
• Women decorate themselves with the ink of this plant above the eyebrows, on the cheeks, on the chin, on the neck, on the hands, on the waist. 
• It is not only a decorative item but also a perfume.
• My Jesus is my adornment and fragrance. 
• He makes me fragrant like that plant. 
• And I perfume him.

Song of Solomon 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

Explanation: 

Behold, thou art fair, 

• You are fair; You have doves’ eyes; Why twice?
• It's a song. 
• Some things occur twice in the song to suit the music. 
• Moreover, it is said to further confirm the things.
• Just as Jesus uses verily and verily twice, so here also fair occurs twice to confirm a point. 
• Fair means beautiful.

Your eyes are dove eyes 

• Dove represents peace, innocence, holiness. 
• The place where anger can be expressed is the eyes. 
• Lust is more in the eyes.

Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

• Here Jesus looks at the congregation and says, your eyes are like doves - peace, holiness, unity, patience, beauty. 
• I don't see anger in your eyes, I see holiness. 
• I don't see lust in your eyes, I see holiness.
• In your eyes I don't see strife, I see unity. 
• A pigeon does not attack or chase anyone. 
• Pigeon is a very non-violent bird

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Romans 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

• How peaceful we must be, as the bride of the Lord of Peace.

Song of Solomon 1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

Explanation:

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: 

• It is sung by the bride looking at the groom. 
• We cannot show a likeness of the Lord. 
• Because he is so beautiful. 
• No one has seen him. 
• We are going to see that beauty only after we go to heaven.
• About 700 years before the coming of Jesus, Isaiah prophesied about his death on the cross centered on the scene of the suffering servant.

Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

• Our God, full of beauty, became ugly for us. 
• He died ugly and Beautifully resurrected. 
• Through that grace, we, ugly became beautiful.

Psalms 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

also our bed

• Bed is a place of rest.
• The resting place is the Bed.

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

is green 

Greenery - Greenery in a desert oasis.

Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

• The rest that the Lord gives us as a church is the rest of a green desert oasis.

Song of Solomon 1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Explanation:

It means eternal life.

Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

The beams of our house are cedar

• Cedar – Cedar of Lebanon symbolizes royalty, strength, and determination. 
• Solomon built the temple with cedar wood. 
• Our eternal life is in the royal palace of God.
• There is a shadow of royal palace is in the congregation of the earth on which we live.

Ezekiel 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

Psalms 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

our rafters of fir.

• Fir trees- Turpentine.
• It is a perfume and insecticide

Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

• We belong to the house of God right now. 
• We must remember that we are eternal beings right now.