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The Song of Solomon

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00:39 I'm John Bradshaw.
00:41 As a newly minted high school student, just 12 years old,
00:45 I was fortunate enough to have a good English teacher.
00:48 A Mr. Braithwaite.
00:50 Now he might have been good but the truth is I don't
00:52 remember too much about the actual class - the odd
00:54 writing assignment maybe - although I do remember
01:00 poetry.
01:01 Somehow poetry made a bit of an impression on me.
01:03 And I vividly remember learning this poem by the
01:05 British poet Rupert Brooke: "If I should die, think only
01:10 this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field
01:13 that is for ever England.
01:15 There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust
01:18 concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made
01:20 aware..."
01:21 and so on...
01:24 The poem was called, "The Soldier", and Brooke was a
01:26 soldier in World War I.
01:27 I'm not really sure why we young high schoolers had to
01:31 study that particular piece of verse, but I've never
01:33 forgotten it so there must be something about the way it's
01:36 written.
01:37 Good poetry endures.
01:39 Sometimes poetry that isn't any good endures too.
01:42 And down through the annals of time there've been many
01:45 great poets and many memorable poems.
01:49 I was always slightly amused by this one.
01:52 I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.
01:57 A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet
02:00 earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all
02:03 day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray...
02:07 That's from 'Trees' by Joyce Kilmer who was from New
02:10 Jersey.
02:11 TS Elliot was slightly more gritty.
02:14 Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope
02:19 Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and
02:23 that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such
02:27 things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why
02:32 should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
02:34 And so forth ...
02:36 Which is from the poem, "Ash Wednesday".
02:39 In the 1800s Elizabeth Browning Barrett wrote, How
02:43 do I love thee?
02:44 Let me count the ways.
02:47 I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul
02:50 can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of
02:54 being and ideal grace...
02:57 Well...
02:59 And you can't really discuss poetry without mentioning
03:01 William Shakespeare.
03:03 All the world's a stage,?
03:05 and all the men and women merely players; ?they have
03:09 their exits and their entrances,?
03:12 and one man in his time plays many parts,?
03:15 his acts being seven ages.
03:16 There you go.
03:19 It's from Shakespeare's work "As You Like It".
03:22 I've got a brother who used to be a bit of a poet - I
03:24 mean, an amateur poet.
03:26 His wife tells the story about how she first became
03:29 attracted to him by the poetry he wrote.
03:33 Evidently he had a way with words back then and thereby
03:36 won her heart.
03:38 Just as wel certainly didn't get her with his looks...
03:43 The Bible contains a lot of poetry.
03:47 Of the 66 books in the Bible, 5 of them are books
03:50 of poetry: The book of Job is a book of poetry.
03:53 The book of Psalms is a collection of 150 psalms -
03:56 songs, mainly - poems, really they are.
04:00 Proverbs is another of the poetic books of the Bible: 31
04:03 chapters of wisdom.
04:04 If you like, a chapter every day for a month if you like
04:07 to read that way - and it's fairly straightforward
04:10 reading.
04:11 Ecclesiastes is poetry - Solomon's reflections on the
04:15 ultimate meaning of life.
04:18 And then there's one more book of poetry in the Bible -
04:22 a book that has caused a lot of people to scratch their
04:25 heads and wonder.
04:27 I'd say it's one of the least read books of the Old
04:29 Testament.
04:31 It's The Song of Solomon.
04:33 What's THAT about?
04:36 There are only 117 verses in the 8 chapters of the Song of
04:40 Solomon.
04:41 Yet it's a book of the Bible not very many people have
04:44 read.
04:45 It's a love story, and the language can get a bit
04:48 intense at times...
04:51 I would venture to suggest that a lot of people have not
04:54 figured out how the Song of Solomon can play a role
04:56 in their devotional lives.
04:59 So let's consider - the Song of Solomon.
05:03 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's
05:06 daughter!?
05:07 The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the
05:11 hands of a skillful workman.
05:13 Song of Solomon 7:1 NKJV What's THAT all about?
05:18 We'll find out more about the Song of Solomon
05:21 in just a moment.
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07:31 The book of Genesis.
07:33 Well, you know what that's about.
07:35 It's the book of beginnings - the creation story, the fall,
07:38 the flood, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph...that's
07:42 Genesis Then there's Exodus - the Israelites exit Egypt and
07:46 they begin their journey to the Promised Land.
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07:50 - Well that's the book of wisdom.
07:53 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - the stories of Jesus' life
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07:58 But the Song of Solomon?
08:00 If you've spent much time reading the Bible or going to
08:03 church you'll likely recognize some of the verses
08:06 in the Song of Solomon.
08:08 "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his
08:11 banner over me was love."
08:12 That's Song of Solomon 2:4 NKJV That phrase "The little
08:16 foxes that spoil the vines", that comes from Song of
08:19 Solomon 2:15 NKJV "This is my beloved, and this is my
08:23 friend."
08:24 Song of Solomon 5:16 NKJV That's popular at weddings.
08:30 As is, "Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the
08:33 floods drown it.
08:34 If a man would give for love, all the wealth of his house,
08:37 it would be utterly despised.
08:39 Song of Solomon 8:7 NKJV But the content of the Song
08:43 of Solomon is generally rather different to any other book
08:46 in the Bible.
08:48 "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love
08:51 is better than wine."
08:54 Song of Solomon 1:2 NKJV "Your lips are like a strand
08:58 of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely.
09:02 Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of
09:05 pomegranate."
09:06 Song of Solomon 4:3 NKJV "Your two breasts are like
09:10 two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the
09:13 lilies."
09:14 Song of Solomon 4:5 NKJV Now that's an interesting book.
09:18 Why the...
09:21 language?
09:22 Well, the Song of Solomon is an allegory, using the love
09:26 and affection expressed between Solomon and his wife
09:29 - or at least, one of his wives - to express the love
09:32 and tender care of God towards the church.
09:35 No it's certainly a love story, no doubt about it,
09:39 and in this story is expressed the love between Solomon
09:41 and his wife.
09:42 But God uses it to represent the greater love - the love
09:47 of God for His church, and the love of God's people
09:50 for Him.
09:52 The key character in the Song of Solomon is Jesus -
09:55 and some people find it curious that God would express
09:58 His love for His people and Christ's commitment
10:01 and devotion to a sinful human beings in this way.
10:05 But perhaps the Song of Solomon helps us to see how
10:08 the relationship between a man and a woman who love each
10:15 other is designed by God to be representative of the love
10:18 of God for His people.
10:19 The imagery isn't entirely unique to the Song of Solomon
10:22 - in Isaiah 54:5 God says, "Your Maker is your husband."
10:24 Isaiah 54:5 NKJV And Paul told the Corinthians, "For I
10:28 have betrothed you to one husband."
10:31 2 Corinthians 11:2 NKJV In the Bible - especially in
10:36 Bible prophecy - a woman is used as a symbol to represent
10:40 a church.
10:42 You find that in Jeremiah 6:2, where God says, "I have
10:46 likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate
10:49 woman."
10:50 Jeremiah 6:2 NKJV Hosea uses the same symbol (find that in
10:53 Hosea 1:2, in fact, the whole book of Hosea) and God uses
10:56 the symbol of a woman to represent a church
10:59 in the book of Revelation, especially in
11:04 Revelation 12 and 13.
11:06 So for God to use this story, The Song of Solomon,
11:09 to represent his love for his church, isn't a stretch at
11:12 all.
11:14 It seems that in the Song of Solomon, Solomon had just
11:17 become King.
11:19 In his early 20s he was rich, powerful and very likely very
11:23 handsome and up until that time a very eligible
11:27 bachelor.
11:28 You can imagine Solomon thinking about his future
11:30 and thinking about his world and then wondering where
11:34 he was going to find a wife.
11:36 At first blush you might think that every girl in the
11:38 land would marry him - if only he would ask.
11:41 But Solomon had to walk that minefield of finding out
11:45 whether a woman loved him for himself or simply because
11:48 he was the king.
11:50 A modern royal love story is that of Prince William
11:53 and Kate Middleton - now the Duchess of Cambridge.
11:55 It seems to be a story of two young people drawn together
11:59 by mutual love.
12:01 In apparent contrast the Prince's father's experience
12:03 with finding true love was rather more anguished.
12:07 Prince Charles' marriage to Princess Diana was fraught
12:10 with difficulty and ended in discord.
12:13 And later there was tragedy.
12:15 So how would Solomon find a wife who truly loved him?
12:19 Well, he hatched a plan.
12:22 He disguised himself as a shepherd and started
12:24 to travel throughout his kingdom looking for Miss Right.
12:28 How long did that take him?
12:30 Well, some time I think, because by the end of his
12:32 search he found himself at the farthest end of his
12:34 kingdom in the land of Shulam - and it was there that he
12:38 met the woman of his dreams.
12:40 They fell in love, the girl from a farming family
12:43 and Solomon the King disguised as a shepherd.
12:46 We can probably imagine how Solomon felt.
12:49 He's head-over-heels in love, walking on air because he's
12:53 found the woman who truly fulfills him.
12:56 Now the girl - though obviously beautiful -
12:59 had a low opinion of herself.
13:01 She said, "Do not look upon me, because I am dark,
13:06 because the sun has tanned me.
13:09 My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me the
13:12 keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not
13:16 kept."
13:17 Song of Solomon 1:6 NKJV This young maiden worked
13:21 on her family farm.
13:22 And the rest of the Song of Solomon goes through
13:25 their love story, hers and Solomon's.
13:27 It seems Solomon liveed with the family for some time as
13:29 this relationship developed...
13:31 and then he disappeared.
13:34 Out of sight.
13:36 Never to be found again it seemed.
13:38 Just --- gone.
13:40 How would a woman in love feel having that experience
13:47 thrust upon her?
13:48 Now it does happen, you know.
13:49 Do you remember back in 2005, a woman in Duluth, Georgia
13:53 disappeared four days before her wedding day?
13:56 Therwas a huge search, more than 200 people taking part
13:58 in the search for her.
13:59 A 32-year-old, who simply left her fiancé with
14:05 absolutely no idea of where she was.
14:07 Now she called him a couple of days later - the day
14:09 before they were scheduled to be married - and she claimed
14:11 that she'd been abducted...
14:13 Now thankfully it was all a hoax and the woman
14:15 hadn't been harmed.
14:17 The poor girl simply had cold feet and skipped town, and at
14:21 the time the story was unfolding there was an
14:23 outpouring of sympathy for a young man whose wife-to-be
14:27 had simply vanished.
14:30 The woman in Song of Solomon expresses her sorrow like
14:33 this.
14:34 Song of Solomon 3:1-3 "By night on my bed I sought the
14:39 one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.
14:44 'I will rise now,' I said, 'And go about the city; in
14:47 the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I
14:49 love.' I sought him, but I did not find him."
14:54 Song of Solomon 3:1-3 NKJV She must have felt as though
14:56 her world was coming to an end.
15:00 Put yourself in that position: she likely had
15:02 trouble focusing on work and probably didn't get much
15:05 sleep.
15:06 But while we don't know how long this separation went on
15:09 for, it can't have been "very" long because in Song
15:12 of Solomon later on in chapter 3 it says this.
15:17 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of
15:19 smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all
15:24 the merchant's fragrant powders?
15:27 Behold, it is Solomon's couch,?
15:30 with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant of Israel.
15:34 They all hold swords, being expert in war.
15:38 Every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in
15:40 the night.
15:41 Of the wood of Lebanon Solomon the King made himself
15:45 a palanquin [chariot]: He made its pillars of silver,
15:49 its support of gold, its seat of purple, its interior paved
15:53 with love ?by the daughters of Jerusalem."
15:57 Song of Solomon 3:6-10 NKJV The cry must have gone
16:02 through the land, "Solomon is coming!
16:04 Lets go out to meet him."
16:05 Her heart would have raced: "Where is he going?
16:10 Is he coming to see me?"
16:12 Well we know the answer.
16:13 He was traveling to the furthest reaches of his
16:15 kingdom to the land of Shulam to find his true love.
16:19 Can you imagine what it was like when Solomon and his
16:22 entourage stood at her door?
16:24 And you can you imagine how she felt when she realized it
16:27 was Solomon...
16:28 the one that she loved so much?
16:31 Chapter 3 verse 4 says that when she found Him "I held
16:35 him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my
16:40 mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me."
16:43 Isn't that a wonderful story?
16:46 Now, how does this tell us about Jesus?
16:50 How does the Song of Solomon reveal the love that God has
16:53 for his people?
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18:27 I'm John Bradshaw.
18:29 Do you think that God is busy?
18:31 Now by human terms, I'd say that God probably is.
18:34 The Bible tells us that He created all things and that
18:36 includes this vast universe.
18:39 Then about $6,000 years ago, Adam and Eve turned their
18:42 back on God.
18:44 They allowed sin into their lives - and into the world.
18:46 The Bible is clear that sin is the transgression of the
18:50 law and the wages of sin is death.
18:54 Let me ask you this: In his busyness, did God turn his
18:56 back on Adam and Eve?
18:58 Well no, of course he didn't.
18:59 In fact, ahead of time, God had devised a plan where if
19:03 Adam and Eve were to turn from Him, God would restore
19:07 them.
19:08 Jesus - like Solomon in the Song of Solomon - would go
19:11 out in search of the lost.
19:13 Jesus left heaven and travelled to the farthest
19:16 reaches of his kingdom.
19:18 And where did he end up?
19:19 He came to us.
19:20 He came to this sinful world and calls to our hearts -
19:25 just as He called to Adam in the Garden of Eden after they
19:28 fell.
19:29 God went in pursuit of Adam and Eve and you'll read in
19:32 the Book of Genesis that God came to them saying, "Adam,
19:35 where are you?"
19:37 The Song of Solomon discusses the love between a Creator
19:40 God and His children here on the Earth: a Saviour who
19:44 loves us so much that he crossed the universe to find
19:48 us and save us for His kingdom.
19:50 And the Song of Solomon doesn't stop there.
19:53 It tells us just what type of relationship Jesus wants to
19:56 have with us.
19:58 What happened when Solomon met his girl?
20:01 Sparks began to fly!
20:03 They got married.
20:05 And in chapter 8:5 we see Solomon and his bride.
20:11 "Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her
20:14 beloved?"
20:16 Song of Solomon 8:5 NKJV This is a picture of 2 people in
20:18 love.
20:19 It describes Mrs. Solomon as leaning on her beloved.
20:23 It is not just a picture of 2 people holding hands.
20:25 It is more than that.
20:27 They are in love and she is described as leaning her full
20:30 weight on Solomon.
20:31 Solomon is supporting her.
20:32 If he'd pulled away right then, Mrs. Solomon would have
20:35 fallen over.
20:36 She trusts him completely.
20:39 And isn't that the same type of relationship Jesus wants
20:42 us to have with him?
20:44 I remember reading about some Bible translators somewhere
20:47 in the South Pacific trying to find a way to translate
20:49 the word 'faith' into the local language, as the word
20:52 didn't exist in that language.
20:54 They finally decided to use the idea of leaning one's
20:58 whole weight upon something to portray what faith was.
21:02 To lean your whole weight upon.
21:05 To have faith in.
21:06 God wants us to lean our whole weight upon Him.
21:09 To cast all our cares upon Him.
21:12 Verse 7 of Song of Solomon chapter 8 says "Many waters
21:18 cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it.
21:22 If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house,
21:25 it would be utterly despised."
21:28 Song of Solomon 8:7 NKJV Pure love is something that cannot
21:32 be destroyed.
21:33 It isn't something that can be bought.
21:35 And this is the kind of love that God offers to us...
21:38 for free.
21:40 God comes to us at a time that we most need Him and he
21:43 sweeps us off our feet.
21:44 He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love;
21:48 therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you."
21:51 Jeremiah 31:3 NKJV I got to know a lady once, a single
21:55 Mom with a lovely daughter about, oh, 10 to 12 years
21:58 old.
21:59 She'd had some unfortunate relationships that had caused
22:02 some real trouble in her life in the past.
22:05 She said to me one day, she said, "John, I've finally met
22:09 a man that I can love!"
22:11 I was happy - so I asked the obvious question.
22:15 "Who?"
22:16 She smiled, she paused, and then she said, simply,
22:22 "Jesus.
22:23 She said, He'll never leave me, He loves me for who I am
22:26 and He'll never let me down."
22:30 How right she was.
22:31 And perhaps this is one of the most encouraging verses
22:35 in the book.
22:36 "Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the
22:43 moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with
22:47 banners?"
22:48 Song of Solomon 6:10 NKJV You see God looks with admiration
22:52 upon His church - a church that will one day be ready to
22:55 meet Him.
22:57 What a day that's going to be!
22:59 And the thing that's going to get us from here to there is
23:02 the love of God and our love for Him.
23:05 When we understand that God loves His people passionately
23:08 - using one of the greatest love stories in the Bible to
23:10 describe that love - something wonderful is going
23:13 to happen.
23:14 You can trust Someone you know loves you completely.
23:18 You can feel safe with Somebody that you know loves
23:20 you completely.
23:22 And you can love Somebody that you know loves you no
23:26 strings attached, which is why the Bible says, "We love
23:30 Him, because He first loved us."
23:33 1 John 4:19 NKJV [Music]
23:37 And if you've ever wondered if God has a plan for this
23:39 troubled world, the Song of Solomon assures you
23:43 He definitely does.
23:44 Jesus left this Earth 2000 years ago, but not so He'd be
23:49 gone forever.
23:50 Like Solomon in the story, He'll be back soon to get His
23:55 bride.
23:56 If you'll learn to lean on your beloved, one day soon
24:00 you'll see Jesus return.
24:02 The wait will be worth it.
24:04 We'll be reunited with Jesus - and we'll be with Him
24:09 forever.
24:10 You can be ready.
24:13 You don't need to think that your Beloved has forgotten
24:15 you, or that when He comes back He won't be coming back
24:18 for you.
24:19 If you can choose to have faith in this great God who
24:24 interestingly the Bible says is Love.
24:26 It doesn't just say that God loves, it says in 1 John 4
24:29 that God IS love.
24:31 If you can learn to accept that love, you'll experience
24:37 a complete transformation in your life and you will find
24:40 loving God is the easiest thing in the world.
24:44 Perhaps we should pray now and ask that God, the one who
24:47 loves us so much, will keep us, preserve us and soon come
24:52 to get us and take us home.
24:53 Let's pray.
24:55 Our Father in heaven, I thank you that you love us
24:58 passionately.
25:00 I thank you that you are crazy about this world.
25:02 I thank you that you long to come soon and gather up your
25:06 people and take them home.
25:08 Let that day come soon and let us be ready by exercising
25:13 simple faith in this great God who is love.
25:16 Lord, we choose you today.
25:18 Thank you for loving us.
25:20 Give us the grace to love you back and to grow in you as we
25:25 trust you and lean on you.
25:27 We thank you today and we pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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27:50 Until then, remember - It Is Written, man shall not live
27:54 by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the
27:58 mouth of God.


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