[2:16-3:11] Verse 16 is the most intimate statement in Song of Solomon. When Solomon says, “My lover is mine, and I
am his. He browses among the lilies.”
This is a personal relationship.
Everything Christ has is ours, as believers in Christ. Everything that is ours, as believers,
belongs to Christ. We are one in
Christ. We belong to Him and He belongs
to us! This is intimacy! The Shulamite is comforted in the night
because the King is protecting her. She
longs for him to return from the rugged mountains.
The King had gone away, and the Shulamite longed for him. The King was doing business and the Shulamite
is missing and wanting to be with him. The Shulamite starts looking for the King
because she “yearned for her lover.” She
searched for the one she loved but did not find him. In verse 4 she, “…caught and held him
tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house…” She held him tightly.
The young women in Jerusalem wonder who is sweeping in from the wilderness;
it is Solomon. They see Solomon
surrounded by palace guards who are there to protect him. They all have swords on their thighs. This is a picture of believers carrying the
Word of God. Solomon rides in his beautiful
carriage made of wood, silver, gold, purple cushions, and love. Verse 11 says, “…He wears the crown his
mother gave him on his wedding day, his most joyous day.” This a picture of beauty and love.
