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S ONG OF S ONGS – M IKE B ICKLE
SESSION 10:
A Revelation of Jesus as a “Safe Savior”
(3:6-11)
SONG 3:6-11
6. Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and
frankincense, with all the merchant's fragrant powders?
7. Behold, it is Solomon's couch, with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant of Israel.
8. They all hold swords, being expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh because of
fear in the night.
9. Of the wood of Lebanon Solomon the King made Himself a palanquin:
10. He made its pillars of silver, its support of gold, its seat of purple; its interior paved with
love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11. Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which His
mother crowned Him on the day of His wedding, the day of the gladness of His heart.
I.
OVERVIEW OF SONG 3:6-11
A.
This is the fourth revelation of Jesus in the SONG. In this section, she teaches the
daughters of Jerusalem her new discoveries of the safe leadership of Christ (3:6-
10). Jesus’ incarnation and death prove that He has our good in mind.
B.
The Holy Spirit asks a rhetorical question, then He gives a 2-part answer. She
communicates this 2-part answer to the daughters of Jerusalem.
1.
The first answer is seen in 3:7-8. The Holy Spirit uses military language to
reveal how safe the people of God are under Jesus’ leadership.
2.
Her second answer is seen in 3:9-10. Here the Holy Spirit uses the
language of a royal procession to again reveal how safe the people of God
are under Jesus’ leadership.
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C.
She exhorts the daughters to press into Jesus in light of His glorious redemption
and excellent leadership (3:11).
1.
This is her first dialogue with members of the body since 1:6. Her
personal experience from SONG 1:7 to 3:3 has been only with the Lo rd.
2.
She received the revelation of Jesus’ safe leadership when she “held on” to
Him (3:4). The Lord removed fear from her heart in the context of her
rising up in obedience to be involved in the purpose of God (3:2). She is
now taking the risk of ministering to others as she rose from her bed to
minister in the city.
D.
Jesus is being revealed to her as a “safe Savior”. The only safe place for our
hearts is in the context of 100% obedience. She reveals the fruit of her discovery
in this section to the daughters of Jerusalem. She sees Jesus as the “safe savior”
that provides her safety on her journey through the wilderness.
1.
The promise of safety focuses primarily on spiritual safety that protects
our hearts.
2.
In a secondary way, it speaks of protecting us physically and in terms of
our earthly circumstances.
E.
This section proves to be a significant revelation that prepares her for the great
turning place in her commitment in 4:6-16. She believes that her heart will be
safe so she is no longer afraid of leaving the comfort zone. She knows that
obedience will bring life and not death. The depth of commitment she manifests
in chapters 4-8 flows out of this new insight into the Lord’s safe leadership.
F.
Many of the earthly authority figures in our life have not been safe. The enemy
lies to us continually about Jesus our ultimate authority figure. We can only see
Him as safe from the point of view of eternity. He is omniscient. He sees the end
from the beginning and so He knows how to lead us. This is difficult to grasp, but
it is the key to understanding what is on His mind.
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II.
THE HOLY SPIRIT ASKS A QUESTION
Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh
and frankincense, with all the merchant’s fragrant powders? (3:6).
A.
The ascension of Jesus after His incarnation and crucifixion is being presented by
the Holy Spirit to grant assurance to the young Bride.
“WHO IS THIS” coming out of the wilderness (3:6a).
B.
This is a question being asked by the Holy Spirit to highlight the drama of Jesus'
return to the eternal city. It is a rhetorical question in which the answer is
obvious.
1.
The question is answered in two different ways 3:7-8 and 3:9-10.
2.
The Holy Spirit asks the rhetorical question. Then, she proclaims to the
daughters her new discoveries of Jesus’ safe leadership. She discovers the
excellence of His leadership. He is not negligent in any of His leadership.
He is a triumphant king that uses great wisdom and power.
C.
King David asked a similar question with the same intent to draw us into the
beauty, drama, and pageantry of Jesus' return to heaven.
Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And
the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong
and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. (Ps. 24:7-8)
D.
The necessity of the wilderness in God's plan for the Bridegroom and the Bride.
Who is this coming out of “THE WILDERNESS” like pillars of smoke…? (3:6)
1.
The wilderness can speak of several things.
a. The wilderness speaks of life in this fallen age. Israel’s 40- year
journey through the wilderness is a picture of our struggle in a fallen
world, on our way to the Promised Land filled with the glory of God.
b. The wilderness speaks of difficult times of intense testing.
c. The wilderness speaks of a time of failure and sin, the time where sin
and the flesh wage war.
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d. The wilderness speaks of a season of spiritual warfare against Satan.
e. The wilderness speaks of the place of encounter with God. Jesus and
John the Baptist both had encounters with God in the wilderness.
2.
Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit to an actual desert wilderness to be
tested for 40 days.
a. Jesus spent 33 years on the earth in the wilderness of this fallen world.
He laid aside the form of God and He took upon Himself the form of
creation. He leaves the eternal city to descend into a depressed, sin-
ridden world filled with demons and oppression. This world was a
wilderness for Him. He possessed such holy sensitivity during his
earthly journey. He surely felt so much happening in the Spirit. We
talk about people who are very sensitive in the Spirit and they feel the
burdens and oppressions. He walked for 33 years in perfect
sensitivity. When the Holy Spirit rested on Him His sensitivity was
heightened.
b. Jesus spent 40 days in the desert fasting in the wilderness as He
encountered the Father. Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit to an
actual desert wilderness to be tested and to qualify as the High Priest
who could make propitiation for sin (Heb. 2:17; Matt. 4:1-11).
c. Jesus knew the wilderness of testing in the garden of Gethsemane and
the cross.
E.
Jesus' victory over the wilderness.
Who is this “COMING OUT OF” the wilderness like pillars of smoke…? (3:6).
1.
Jesus ascended back to the Father in total victory in the resurrection, re-
entering the celestial glory of the eternal city. The host of heaven
witnessed Jesus coming up out of the wilderness of this fallen world after
the resurrection as He took His position at the throne of glory at the
Father’s right hand
2.
The angels watched Jesus in the resurrection. He is described as coming
out of this fallen world to reenter the celestial glory of the eternal city. As
Jesus was coming, the host of heaven or the Spirit of God could have said,
“Who is this coming forth from the wilderness, coming out of this fallen
and dark world”?
3.
Jesus returns to the ivory palaces in the eternal city.
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All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of
the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad. (Ps. 45:8)
a. Ps. 45 is sub-titled “the Song of Love”. It is the Psalm written in the
language of the Song of Solomon.
b. Jesus is being pictured as “coming out of” the ivory palaces, as He
descended in the incarnation.
c. These ivory palaces speak of His life as God in eternity past, in heaven
or the eternal city.
d. Jesus descended from the ivory palace to dwell in the form of man in
the wilderness of a fallen world. In the ivory palaces, His clothes were
scented with the rare fragrance of the ivory palaces. When Jesus left
the throne of God, He came to earth as a fragrant filled man.
e. He ascends back to the place scented with heavenly fragrances. In
SONG 8:14, heaven is called the mountain of spices.
4.
Jesus comes up out of the wilderness victoriously in 3:6. Jesus’ victory
over this fallen world makes Him a sympathetic high priest who
understands our temptations.
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
(Heb 4:15)
a. He feels our pain because He had to come up out of the wilderness.
Jesus is described in scripture as possessing a unique dimension of
sympathy that neither the angels nor the Father are described as
possessing. The Father’s compassion and mercy is not the same thing
as Jesus’ human sympathy. In His humanity Jesus is not ashamed of
His weak and sinful brethren.
…He is not ashamed to call them brethren…(Heb 2:11)
b. He doesn’t stand at a distance, commanding us to come up to Him. He
experienced human life in this fallen wilderness. He knows what we
are going through in our quest to come out of the wilderness
victoriously.
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