Song of Songs 4
A PERFECT BRIDE
One of the terms that the lover in the Song of Songs uses as he speaks to his beloved is to call her, “My Bride.” (Songs 4 v 8, 9, 10, 12). The term, “My Bride” is a very beautiful one, especially when we begin to understand the implications behind the Hebrew word that is used.
The word translated Bride comes from the Hebrew word meaning “perfect” or “to make perfect.” There are two aspects to this. Firstly, when God created Adam, he also created Eve to be his suitable helper and to make up for the parts that Adam lacked. Together, Adam and Eve made “one flesh.” They were joined together by God to be complete and perfect.
The second aspect is shown in the way Christ loves the church, his bride. “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” (Ephesians 5 v 25 – 27). We, as the bride of Christ, are being made perfect by him.
We also read that by Christ’s sacrifice, “he has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy.” (Hebrews 10 v 14).
So as husbands and wives, let’s complete each other and strive for perfection together. And let’s also grow in godliness under the guidance of Jesus Christ to be part of the perfected bride when he returns.
May we love each other just as Jesus loves us this week.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
Today we are half way through reading the Song of Solomon in our daily Bible readings. If you haven’t got your copy of the The Story of the Song of Solomon yet, now is your chance. Don’t miss out! We are in the last few days of the free download.
The Story of the Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon can seem like a difficult book to understand. It is written as a song and a play all in one. It was probably one of the very first operas! One of the problems we have in reading the Song is that there are no stage directions, instruction or narration. All we have are the words that are being sung by who knows who. As a result, there are many of interpretations of the Song of Solomon and a lot of confusion around it.
I have tried to look at the Song to glean the story from it as we would if we were reading the script from a play or opera. If we can understand the story that is being sung and acted as we read it, then we will also be able to understand more of what the Song means to us in our relationships with our husbands and wives, and in our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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