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Remember, 4:16 was a major transition, “Awake O North Wind”

Song 5:2, “I sleep, but my heart is awake; it is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is covered with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”

• In this, Jesus is revealing Himself to her in a night season, inviting her to “fellowship in His sufferings’ (Phil 3:10)
  • In verses 3-5 she responds in obedience which will be followed by a test in verses 6-7.
• I Sleep – she is now at rest, no longer battling the flesh for decisions and compromise.
• He is knocking at the door of her heart to come to a new level
  • Night represents darkness, hard times to see things
  • Opening a door speaks of a level of communion (Rev 3:20)
  • Drops of the night – now she will fellowship with Jesus suffering
• He is describing his relationship with her, leaving out “spouse“
  • My sister: identification, same life; sharing in the sufferings
  • My love: he reminds her of his tender love
  • My dove: he speaks of her singleness and loyalty
  • My perfect one: undefiled; he sees her ‘intentions’ as perfect, mature

Songs 5:3, “I have taken off my robe; how can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; how can I defile them?”

I think most people see this as if she is refusing to get up and answer the door. But she calls him her ‘beloved’, responding in love and obedience (vs 4).

• Robe – she has taken off the worldly ways, and is now clothed in robes of righteousness – she is refusing compromise.
• Feet – her walk is now a walk of faith and she will not turn back

Songs 5:4, “My beloved put his hand by the latch of the door, and my heart yearned for him.”

He is now helping her to open her heart in full obedience

• Lock – thoughts and emotions that block our heart and keep her from full obedience
• Heart – me’ah, belly, inward parts, emotions
• Yearned – hamah, roar, cry aloud, mourn, be moved, growl, stirred

Songs 5:5, “I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.”

This speaks of the abundant life with the Holy Spirit.

• Myrrh – her decision to die to self
  • His hands were dripping with myrrh ‘like liquid’ on the lock of her heart
  • This will be preparing for the 2 tests that come in verses 6-7
• Fingers – activity, actions of working faith
• Handles on the lock – thoughts and emotions

Test 1 (He allowed the test) Songs 5:6, “I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped up when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.”

• Now she will have to walk totally by faith, without him – Will she totally trust by faith?
  • The first time he withdrew himself was because of her fear, insecurity
  • Now he will withdraw to strengthen her
• Her greatest desire is his presence
  • We are assured that Jesus will never forsake us (Heb 13:5), but there is a difference between walking by faith and experiencing His presence.

Test 2 – Songs 5:7, “The watchmen who went about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.”

• Will she quit under pressure and the bait of satan? (skandalon, offence)
  • She is suffering abuse under those who were supposed to feed and protect her
• Watchmen, keepers – leaders, spiritual authority that guard the people of God
  • Wounded in the house of friends (Ps 55:12-21)
• Took my veil away – exposed secret things. Now she cannot function in the Body, no covering, no place to minister
  • They will broadcast her failures and she will face shame again