Preserved Words Bible Studies a Part of First Love Ministries Guest Post Series
Song of Solomon
…feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
Song 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.
Read, first, verse 7 again. SHE asked to know where he fed his flock. She said that she did not want to sit under another shepherd, look like a traitor, or ...
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Song of Solomon
Tell me where thou feedest, thou Whom I Love
Song 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?
In this verse, she is not asking where Solomon eats meals. She is asking, to know, where he “feeds.” Remember, Solomon ...
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Song of Solomon
I am black… and Comely…
Song. 1:5-6 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 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.
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Now, I must ask you… ...
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Song of Solomon
His Chambers & More than Wine
Song. 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:….
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I pray these lessons cause us to look at ourselves. I want to look at the “rejoice” part here, and look at “into his chambers.” Do we rejoice ...
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Song of Solomon – Thy name, Poured Forth
Song 1:3 …. thy name is as ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee.
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I want us to go back and look at something by itself. The bride (to be, at this point in the song) is speaking to her groom, and husband to be, and she says of him, and to him, that his “name is as ointment poured ...
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Song of Solomon – Sister & Spouse
Song 4:10. How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine!
and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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(L003 cont.) You must remember, again, that we are reading that which was written in Middle Eastern style. It is NOT in Americanized style, or Western style. WE MUST keep our minds on a higher ...
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Song of Solomon – Kisses and Wine
Song 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
for thy love is better than wine.
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Immediately we are faced with the taming of the Western, Americanized dirty mind-set. Know that influence, and remind yourself of it all through your reading and study of this book! Live, think, and study… above that gutter plain. It is a shame we have to ...
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Song of Solomon
a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots…
Song 1:9-10 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Let me ask first, how is your journal coming along? Are you making adjustments to your daily schedule to accommodate it? You will go through times that will try ...
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