1. O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

The woman recounts her acceptance with her lover. She notes that in finding him she is never despised.

2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Her mother (a woman or church) is where she goes to be instructed. While the church or congregation is not the Lord, she brings the Lord there and finds instruction. The church is now in the wilderness to be fed and she is there with her.

Why is it that the woman is invited to drink the juice of His pomegranate? On the high priests garment was a succession of pomegranates and bells. The garment was highly symbolic and intensely important in explaining the ways of God and especially the sanctuary and its heavenly operation. Webster calls the pomegranate a seedy apple. Tradition has it that an apple was what Eve ate and was forbidden of God. That apple is this seedy apple or pomegranate. This fruit was the one fruit that caused the downfall of our first parents. The Hebrew root from which pomegranate was derived from is the primitive root word "ramam" which is the word for exaltation. When Eve partook of the fruit she exalted herself above the plain words of her Lord.

The pomegranate is a fruit with many juicy seeds. It is a prolific producer of ideas. The reason God forbid the first couple from eating of that tree is that their character was not yet developed enough to stand the ramifications. Peter writes, "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time." 1 Peter 5:6. We are destined to be exalted and in this is the juice of the pomegranate the woman's lover offers her. Her temples are as the pomegranate. That is, she can stand her exalted position as lover of the most high God without self exaltation under which Adam and Eve fell.

Ge 3:5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." This was a true saying but their character was not developed, and as Lucifer, they took their brightness as unto themselves and it ended their exalted position. When one becomes as God, and one with God, he must possess the humility of Christ or it will ruin him forever.

This all is the reason for the bell and the pomegranate on the hem of the high priestly garment. This exalted fruit must be continually intermingled with the little bell of reminder of what it entails. When one is exalted, there is then a little bell, always ringing, reminding one not to stray and take the exaltation as unto himself. When the priest was in the temple the bells were a reminder he was there. If they did not hear the bells they knew he had been killed by the glory of God for his unworthiness or presumption.

The message of the Song of Solomon is about the exaltation of the bride and how she partakes of the pomegranate. The Song, not rightly received, will be the doom of whoever eats of this fruit. In the Song, the woman stands the test.

3. His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

She knows that her head (thoughts) are in his hands and his right hand embraces her and supporting her heart and loving instincts.

4. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

She charges the daughters of Jerusalem again, that they do not take him for granted. If they are not in-love with him and search for him with all their heart, they will lose him. "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jer 29:13.

5. Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

It is clear now that it is the woman in the wilderness who is leaning upon her beloved. Now she is brought forth victorious as if born again. She has received His love and is confident in her standing with Him.

6. 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.

This is a reference to the sealing wherein she could not be moved. This sealing is the chamber where consummation takes place. The two become one, inseparable, unmoved and love as God loves. This sealing is of the heart in that the woman purposes all that her heavenly lover purposes and there is no difference. Now they are married and she cannot be overcome of death. She is delivered into the chambers of the king. The lovers have a love as coals of fire and so jealous nothing at all intervenes. The lovers love overcomes death. The jealousy of their attachment is unforgiving and unbending. The burning of every false way is now manifested. "Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth." (Isaiah 49:13-18, KJV).

Every woman is born with the seed of the child in her. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Gen 3:15. The woman has the seed of the child prophesied in Revelation 12. If the child is not aborted it will be brought forth. The heavenly king will not bring the woman to fertilization of her seed without her desire. She invites her heavenly husband to be one with her. She receives him into herself.

Through time, the woman has wanted to have children. It is this child she desires. During the time of Christ, and before, every mother wondered if she would be the one who was to give birth to the messiah. This is her desire. Sadly, the children born into the world have been the product of the flesh. A woman wants to please her man so she will become his concubine. That is analogous to a person going to church to please God. A man wants to fulfill the desires of his flesh and so he urges himself upon his wife. Union is far different than this. Sometimes a woman will seduce her man so that she might have a baby. This is analogous to a person going to church so that he can go to heaven one day. God cannot be seduced and neither does he use the woman to satisfy his desires.

When a true union is made, the woman is prepared for that union. She desires the union for the seed is in her. When her husband prepares her for the union they become one in purpose and one in soul. She is satisfied and complete. She is rested. The Lord must have our desire for Him or He will not approach us. After He has our desire, He prepares us for the union. We are wooed over a necessary time. When it is time for the union, the virgins go into him. The bride is in unity and the two become one.

When a bride is not prepared, and when the motives of either are selfish, the child born will reflect that. If a child is conceived in the spirit of lust, that child will be a child of lust. If the conception of the child is in a fitful satisfaction of the personal agenda of either party, the child will be born with that. If the child is conceived in a true communion of love and mutual adoration, the child will reflect that.

When the time comes for the woman to give birth, the child will be born if the woman has prepared herself for the birthing. If the woman is not prepared, their may be a still birth or an abortion. Worse still, she may give birth to a great red dragon and be her curse forever more. So it is with our heavenly love. He has given us sufficient to prepare us for the birth. If we have neglected that work, our spiritual son who was destined to rule the nations with a rod of iron will only be a son to rule over us.

While public worship and singing has its place, and is a good thing, it is not the chamber of the king. The bedroom cannot be found by getting together at 10:00 A.M. and taking about ourselves. Neither can it be found by getting together and talking about God. The bedroom is found in another way and at another time. When the union comes to pass, it will not be a union of hearing other men's thoughts or testimonies. The union and climax of the meeting is one as lightning which comes from the east and goes even to the west and is found with the heavenly visitor.

7. 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.

While the dragon sent a flood after the woman, he could not quench her love. She, here, knows the value of it and that it cannot be bought.

8. We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

9. If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

10. I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

The song reveals the woman's natural state of having no breasts. She is born without the ability to love and nurture in a heavenly way. Her heart is naturally cold to heavenly things and she is black. Some of the daughters know they have no true love, no breasts. But here stated is the blessing of God. Her walls and her breasts are built for her. She will be made to be a tower in the fellowship with her lover. "we will build upon her a palace of silver." "I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare." (Ezekiel 16:7, KJV).

11. Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon (Lord of the multitude); he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

12. My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon (peaceful), must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

13. Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

14. Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

This is the final benediction of Revelation....."Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Her lover answers, "Surely, I come quickly."

The woman comes to her Sabbath rest. "For whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his. (Hebrews 4:10). It is clear that this is not speaking of earthly labor. Surely we can see the rain come on Sabbath, and the birds still go about their labor as on any other day. The trees still grow on Sabbath and God still works. "And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." But did we not just read that God rested from His works? These works clearly relate to creative works. The woman of Revelation 12 keenly desired the birth of a son. She worked out her salvation with fear and trembling. The heavenly husband worked in bringing about the salvation of his bride and making her one flesh with Him. The woman worked out her love for God which was the seed placed in her. But, when she brought forth her child, and her desires of consummation and deliverance occurred, she rested and was complete. This is her Sabbath and the Sabbath of the Lord. The Israelites kept many Saturdays and many seventh days but could not enter into His rest as hard as they tried. The woman has conceived and delivered. Now she is rested and is fed. This child will be caught up to God and to His throne.

"O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein." (Hosea 14:1-9, KJV).

"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." Dan 12:10

— Submitted by "Faithful"

To Song of Solomon Epilogue- (by Jody Thompson)

Posted on 7-21-00