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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Song of Solomon 8:1-14
The affections of the Jewish Bride, after all the purifying testing, lack the happy serenity of the affections of the Church today. The Church already enjoys a firmly established relationship with Christ. Praise the Lord, there is no longer any "if" for us, nor are there conditional verbs (vv. 1, 2). Our names are graven "as a seal" on the shoulders and on the heart of our great High Priest (v. 6; Exodus 28:11-12; Exodus 28:29). We are partakers of this perfect love which casts out all fear (1 John 4:18). It is at the cross that we have come to know this love in its supreme expression. This love was greater than our sin and stronger than His punishment — death. Even the terrible waters of judgment could not quench this love in the heart of the blessed Saviour (v. 7; Psalms 42:7).
We can recognize in the "little sister" the ten tribes who will only come to their full moral and spiritual development after Judah (v. 8). Peace will reign then (v. 10) and the whole vine of Israel will bear its fruit (vv. 11, 12). The true Solomon will receive both recognition and praise (v. 13). But today it is our voices, the voices of our hearts, which the Saviour wants to hear. Through the Spirit, the Bride’s response is: "Even so, come, Lord Jesus" (v. 14; Revelation 22:17; Revelation 22:20).
