the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Lily
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Song of Solomon 2:1 (b) This flower is a type of CHRIST in His beauty and loveliness. We should notice that the word "valley" is in the plural. The Lord knew we would have many valleys between the cradle and the grave, and would need the Saviour in His beauty and sweetness in every one of them. This lily is a type of CHRIST, first because it is always pure white. Then, it is always fragrant, with an unusual sweetness of its own. It is also a universal flower, found wherever man lives and vegetation can grow. It always droops with its beautiful little bells hanging toward the ground; one must be low and lowly, and then look up into the beauty of CHRIST in order to enjoy Him. This lily does not live on public highways, but is found in sheltered nooks. So it is with CHRIST JESUS. He is not found in the public markets, nor in the busy throng, but in the secret place of the Most High, under the shadow of the Almighty.
Some think that this lily is a type of the Bride, the Church of CHRIST.
- because it grows on the earth and though the earth is black the lily grows up white, thus showing the transforming power of the Lord.
- because it brings joy to the heart of its owner by it's beauty and fragrance even as the church brings joy to the Lord.
- Because there are so few of them compared with the number of weeds and worthless plants even as the Christians are few in number compared to the sinners.
Hosea 14:5 (a) This is a type of Israel in the regeneration when they will be restored to the Lord and shall bring joy to His heart by the beauty and fragrance of their testimony.
Luke 12:27 (a) Here we see a picture of GOD's gracious care for each child of GOD. GOD beautifies them and supplies their needs. They, in turn, give forth loveliness and perfume for the blessing and the joy of GOD.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Lily'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/l/lily.html. 1957.
