The maiden had been consumed with her thoughts of herself, low self-worth. The enemy of the Cross will always point you to yourself and how you always fall short. But once Jesus really expresses His love for the Bride, expounds on her Beauty, she has come to life, revived, love is awakened again! Now she responds to the King with 3 responses.
Songs 1:12, “While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance.” (13) “A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, that lies all night between my breasts.”
- Worship as she feeds at the King’s table (vs 12)
- God has provided a table of blessings for us (1 Cor 10:21), the result of the Cross
- This reminds me of the Prodigal son that came home after a life wasted and his father rewards him for returning, and he sits at his father’s table.(Lk 15:20-32)
- She meditates day and night on the extravagant gift of His life for her (vs 13)
- Mike Bickle wrote: “The most obedient and worshipful saints think the most on the cross. It is their constant meditation and confession.”
- This 2 minutes song is an example on meditating on Jesus death, burial and resurrection. https://youtu.be/r89NFu8Sn1Y?t=1
- She sees His beauty (vs 13)
- it is amazing how beautiful Jesus is when you take your eyes off yourself!
Spikenard (spike of nard) is a perfume (used 3 times in Song of Songs). Nard is a plant found in India used to make the most expensive perfume. Our life of worship is sweet smelling to Jesus (2 Cor 2:14-16)
Myrrh is both a perfume and an embalming spice. It is an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume. As the maiden sleeps, thoughts of Jesus give her a good night sleep. Even in her sleep she is expressing love for Him. His death is my life, that is amazing! Myrrh speaks of His suffering love.
Night time symbolically means ‘hard times’, when we don’t ‘see’ the answer (Josh 1:8)
Breasts speak of what feeds, nourishes. Faith and Love are the twins that satisfy and nourishes us. 1 Thes 5:8, “But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.”
VS 14, “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of En Gedi.”
“My beloved is to me” – She has now ‘put on Christ’! She sees Him as her Savior!
Cluster – more than one, multi-faceted. Our King is so wonderful and beautiful in so many ways.
Henna Blossoms – Hebrew does not say henna blooms (KJV camphire), but kopher (H3724), a price of a life, ransom, bribe; pitch
En Gedi was known for the abundant fragrance, from Oasis West of the Dead Sea. When Jesus appears, there is always a fragrance. En Gedi means “the fountain of the lamb”.
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