Mountain Springs Baptist Church

Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4:16-5:1
“The REAL Love Story”

Song 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

Review
Let’s review what we have covered thus far in this wonderful book of the Song of Solomon.

I. AN HOUR OF TROUBLE, 1:1-8
II. AN HOUR OF TEMPTATION, 1:9-11
III. AN HOUR OF TENDERNESS, 1:12—2:7
IV. AN HOUR OF TRUTH, 2:8—3:5
V. AN HOUR OF TALK, 3:6-11
VI. AN HOUR OF TOGETHERNESS, 4:1—5:1
A. The Personal Radiance of the Shulammite, 4:1-5
B. The Passionate Response of the Shulammite, 4:6
C. The Pilgrim Responsibility of the Shulammite, 4:7-15

Introduction
Tonight we continue the exegesis of this wonderful book as we finish chapter four and begin chapter five.

D. The Promised Rapture of the Shulammite, 4:16-5:1

1. The Shulammite’s Plea, 4:16

Song 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

❖ Love is mutually expressed by total surrender to each other, a mutual vulnerability dependent upon loving trust of acceptance.

Eph. 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

a. Her Constant Desire – “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out…”

Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

❖ The bride exhibits both cold and hot – the “north wind” is cold, and the “south” represents hot.

❖ The passion of the bride should NOT be like the indifference of the Laodicean church.

❖ The desire of the bride for her Bridegroom should be a constant longing to please Him.

“I Am Thine, O Lord”
(a.k.a. Draw Me Nearer)
Fanny Crosby(1820-1915)

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voiceAnd it told Thy love to me;But I long to rise in the arms of faithAnd be closer drawn to Thee.
https://finestofthewheat.org/i-am-thine-o-lord/

b. Her Consummate Desire – “…Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”

❖ The bride is completely giving herself to the Bridegroom.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

❖ What would the Lord do through a local church that is truly submissive to Him?

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2. The Shepherd’s Pledge, 5:1

a. His Great Expectation

i. Marital Bliss – “I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse…”

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

ii. Millennial Bliss – “…I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk…”

❖ The glory of His sufferings – “…myrrh…spices…”

❖ The glory of His sweetness – “…honeycomb…honey…”

❖ The glory of His sufficiency – “…wine…milk…”

Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

b. His Great Exaltation – “…eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.”

Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
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.

John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Conclusion
1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

❖ Marriage is God’s plan – one man and one woman, committed to each other as husband and wife, for life.

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Matthew 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

❖ God’s plan for the “marriage bed” is mutual submission for mutual pleasing of each other.

❖ Marriage is God’s plan for society’s welfare as well as a picture of the Lord’s love and relationship with a church.

❖ "These bold but tender scenes from Song of Solomon point up a major difference between the world's concept of love to what was created and endorsed by God. In the former case the focus is on self-gratification. In the latter the emphasis is on the well-being of the loved one and the extolling of his or her virtues. No wonder Jewish and Christian interpreters alike have seen this kind of love as a type of God's great love for His own dear ones." (See Dennis F. Kinlaw, "Song of Songs," in Psalms-Song of Songs, vol. 5 of The Expositor's Bible Commentary, pp. 1230-31.)

Eph. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;