Seeking the Bride Christ Himself comes to seek His Church Bride Chapter 2814 He Warns the Church from its enemy Chapter 21517 The Feast Wedding Redemption Chapter 3111 1 Christ Himself comes to seek His Church Bride 2814 ID: 600884
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Seeking the BrideSlide2
Seeking the Bride
Christ Himself comes to seek His Church (Bride) Chapter 2:8-14
He Warns the Church from its enemy Chapter 2:15-17
The Feast –Wedding (Redemption) Chapter 3:1-11Slide3
1- Christ Himself comes to seek His Church (Bride) 2:8-14
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The voice of my beloved!
Behold
, he
comes Leaping
upon the mountains,
skipping
upon the hills.
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My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“
Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away.
The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come
Arise then, and come away from the world and the flesh, come into fellowship with Christ. This blessed change is owing wholly to the approaches and influences of the Sun of righteousness.Slide4
1- Christ Himself comes to seek His Church (Bride) Chapter 2:8-14
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For lo, the winter is past, The rain is over
and
gone
.
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The flowers appear on the earth;
The
time of singing has come,
And
the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land
.
The winter may mean years passed in ignorance and sin, unfruitful and miserable
Christ's coming in the flesh. He comes as pleased with his own undertaking. He comes speedily. He comes to save His people.Slide5
1-Christ Himself comes to seek His Church (Bride) 2:8-14
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“ O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In
the secret
places
of the cliff,
Let
me see your face,
Let
me hear your
voice;
For your voice
is
sweet, And your face
is
lovely.”
The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him
Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck at by the birds of preySlide6
2-He
Warns the Church from its enemy
2:15-17
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Catch us the foxes,
The
little foxes that spoil the vines,
For
our vines
have
tender grapes.
The first risings of sinful thoughts and desires.
The beginnings of trifling pursuits which waste the time, trifling visits,
A sinful start that charged to believers heart to mortify their sinful appetites and passions, that destroy their graces and comforts, and crush good beginnings
Small departures from truth, whatever would admit some conformity to the world; all these, and many more, are little foxes which must be removed.Slide7
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My beloved
is
mine, and I
am
his.
He feeds
his flock
among the lilies.
This shows Christ's gracious presence among believers. He is kind to all his people. It becomes them to believe this, when under desertion and absence, and so to ward off temptations.Slide8
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Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away,
Turn
, my beloved,
And
be like a
gazelle
Or
a young
stag Upon
the mountains of
Bether
.
And a day of comfort will come after a night of desertion. Come over the mountains of
Bether
, "the mountains that divide," looking forward to that day of light and love. Christ will come over every separating mountain to take us home to himself.Slide9
3-The
Feast –Wedding (Redemption)
3:1-11
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Scarcely had I passed by them
,
When I found the one I love.
I
held him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the house of my mother, And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
The believer desires to make others acquainted with his
Savior.
Wherever we find Christ, we must take him home with us to our houses, especially to our hearts; and we should call upon ourselves and each other, to beware of grieving our holy Comforter, and provoking the departure of the BelovedSlide10
3-The Feast –Wedding (Redemption) Chapter 3:1-11
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Who
is
this coming out of the wilderness
Like
pillars of smoke,
Perfumed
with myrrh and frankincense,
With
all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
A wilderness is an emblem of the world; the believer comes out of it when he is delivered from the love of its sinful pleasures and pursuits, and refuses to comply with its customs and fashions, to seek happiness in communion with the Savior.
A poor soul shall come up, at last, under the conduct of the Comforter; like a cloud of incense ascending from the altarSlide11
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Behold, it
is
Solomon’s couch,
With
sixty valiant men around it, Of the valiant of Israel
.
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They all hold swords,
Being
expert in war.
Every
man
has
his sword on his thigh
Because
of fear in the night.
The believer is filled with the graces of God's Spirit; his devotions now are very lively.
These
graces and comforts are from the heavenly Canaan.
He, who is the Peace of his people, the King of the heavenly Zion, has provided for the safe conveyance of his redeemed through the wilderness of this world. Slide12
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Of the wood of Lebanon
Solomon
the King
Made
himself a palanquin
The
bed, or palanquin, was contrived for rest and easy conveyance, but its beauty and magnificence showed the quality of its owner.
The church is well guarded; more are with her than are against her: believers, when they repose in Christ, and with him, though they have their fears in the night, are yet safe. Slide13
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He made its pillars
of
silver,
Its
support
of
gold, Its
seat
of
purple, Its
interior paved
with
love
By
the daughters of Jerusalem
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Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And
see King Solomon with the crown
With
which his mother crowned him
On
the day of his wedding, The day of the gladness of his heart
The Structure of the church is to denote the covenant of redemption, the way of our salvation.
This is work of Christ, which makes Him loved and admired in the eyes of believers. It is framed and contrived, both for the glory of Christ, and for the comfort of believers; Slide14
Glory Be To God Forever