Quiet Time : "set me as a seal"

I finished up Song of Solomon last Thursday...

Song of Solomon 7 (KJV)

Read the whole chapter. Solomon is enraptured by his wife physically, most notable to me is her prominent nose. Made me think about our culture's idea of beauty; that in marriage it shouldn't be that way. Beauty is unique.

Song of Solomon 8:4 (KJV)

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

Me: There it is, for the THIRD time! Yes, this is very important!!!!! Wait, be patient, TRUST IN THE LORD.

Song of Solomon 8:6 (KJV)

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.

Ryrie Study Bible note: as a seal. I.e., like a precious possession. See note on Gen. 38:18. She wants to be her husband's most treasured possession.

Me: this verse makes me sigh... Makes me want to study in the Bible anywhere there is a seal. Most importantly, that we are sealed by God. (II Cor. 1:22, Eph. 1:13, 4:30, Tim. 2:19, etc.). Also, wish I would have read that note on Gen 38 above - it's when Tamar tricked Judah by dressing like a harlot! When she asked him for symbols of his affection (i.e. proof of their union).

Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV)

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.

Ryrie: True love cannot be quenched, nor bought. To attempt to buy it is to despise it.

Me: *sigh* again...

Song of Solomon 8:8-9 (KJV)

8We 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?
9If 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.

Ryrie: The Shulammite recalls her brothers' attitude toward her when she was young. If she would resist temptation (a wall) they would reward her (silver), but if she were loose (a door) they would be strict with her (inclose her with boards of cedar). She turned out virtuous (v. 10).

Song of Solomon 8:14 (KJV)

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

Ryrie: As separated lovers long to be reunited, so the church longs to see her Bridegroom (Rev. 22:20). (4:7-no spot).

Me: Ephesians 5, and the mystery of Christ's relationship with the church paralleled with the relationship between husband and wife. How the longing for a spouse is like the longing for Heaven - when we will be reunited with Christ. This brings to mind Song of Solomon 4:7, the spotless bride. Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, was the spotless lamb, without sin.