Song of Solomon Rev. John Shearouse

The Song ends with a request for Jesus to come to us. These words (v. 14) are clearly our words to Him if we are betrothed to Him.

This may seems like a surprising conclusion to the Song of all Songs. It speaks about the love between Jesus Christ and His church in a beautiful allegory. You might expect such a song to end with the bride, Shulamite (the princess of peace), moving into the palace of King Solomon (the prince of peace), to live happily ever after. Instead, we find the beloved and his bride separated—not due to a quarrel, but with Him expressing His desire to hear from her (8:13), and with her expressing her desire for Him to come to her (8:14).

What we have in our text today (Song of Solomon 8:10-12) is the bride, who has just expressed interest in helping her little sister, recognising the progress that she has made over the years by His grace.

Rev. John Shearouse - Song of Solomon

Today we continue in our sermon series in the Song of Solomon. We are in the last chapter where the bride's desires desire for her husband's love are passionately expressed to Him. We have seen that the traditional, and best understanding of the Song of Solomon is that the bride is the church and that her beloved groom is Christ. It is about their mutual love. So here we are now, in the last chapter, and most of it is taken up with the church expressing her earnest desire for Jesus Christ to keep on manifesting His love to her as His bride.

Today in our Song of Solomon sermon series, we come to a verse that beautifully captures the essence of our relationship with Jesus Christ in this world.