Song of Solomon

7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore [60] valiant men [as
bodyguards] are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
3:7 behold. The royal entourage is recognized. Sixty strong warriors guard the king as the
sovereign moves among the shepherds and vinedressers.
8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his
thigh because of fear in the night.
3:8 hold swords. No one will be allowed to hurt the king as he moves among the masses. This is
his crowning hour and it is most glorious. In like manner no one will ever again hurt Jesus Christ.
One day He too will come to claim His bride in a more visible manner. It will be a glorious
coming.
“He is coming as the Bridegroom,
Coming to unfold at last
The great secret of His purpose,
Mystery of ages past;
And the bride, to her is granted,
In His beauty now to shine,
As in rapture she exclaimeth,
‘I am His, and He is mine!’
Oh, what joy that marriage union,
Mystery of love divine;
Sweet to sing in all its fullness,
‘I am His, and He is mine!’”
Biblical Marriages setting forth in Typology the Church and Christ
Adam and Eve
Isaac and Rebecca
Jacob and Rachel
Joseph and his Gentile wife
Boaz and Ruth
Every Christian man who marries a Christian woman
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot [a bed] of the wood of Lebanon.
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