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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Marriage of the Lamb, #40
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. (Song of Solomon 6:8,9)
The above two verses signify that there are all sorts of people in the Lord's family; but the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb, is of special quality in the sight of the Lord.
We can observe the same distinction in the eighth chapter. We have those who are related to the Bride but are immature (Song of Solomon 8:8). The Bride herself is strong and mature and has found favor in the sight of the Lord.
The love of Christ for His Wife is extraordinarily intense:
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. (Song of Solomon 8:6,7)
This means the Wife of the Lamb is more precious in His eyes than the remainder of the creation.
The Lamb wants His Wife with Him:
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. (Song of Solomon 4:8)
Whatever else may be true of the Scriptures, they are a love story. As soon as our relationship with Christ ceases to be a love story we become part of the "daughters of Jerusalem." We grow skilled in the ways of the churches but lose that keen edge of closeness with the Person of the Lord. There are a multitude of duties to be performed in the churches, and many believers accomplish them with competence and diligence. Then there are a few people who dream of "lions' dens" and "mountains of the leopards."
There are Marthas and there are Marys. The Mary who waited for the resurrection of Jesus represents all the "Marys" who see past the things of the churches and desire to be with the Lord.
The Lord is bringing us to the place where we not only are in Him, and He in us, but we also are with Him.
. . . that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3)
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, . . . . (John 17:24)
. . . so shall we ever be with the Lord. (I Thessalonians 4:17)
The Wife of the Lamb is a firstfruits to the Lord of the harvest of the earth. She shall be with Him forever.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. (Revelation 14:4)
To be continued.