In the book of Song of Songs, Solomon shared how the bride said, “The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw you him whom my soul loves? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me”, and in chapter three and verse five of Song of Songs, Solomon shared how the bride said, “stir you not up, nor awake my love, till he please” where we read,
I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field,
that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
The verse begins, “I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, ...” Solomon began with the words, “I charge you” or “I, the bride, adjure and swear to you, daughters of Jerusalem”, “O you daughters of Jerusalem” which means “O you female children and progeny belonging to Jerusalem whose name means teaching of peace and is the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split”, “by the roes” or “through the means of the beautiful, glorious and honorable roebuck or gazelle”, “and by the hinds” which means “and through the means of the wild doe or female deer” “of the field” or “belonging to the cultivated field or plain”. Solomon repeated this verse as he shared how the bride pled with the female children within the city of “Jerusalem” through the means of the doe and roebucks not to do the following. (See Song of Songs 2:7)
The verse goes on to say, “... that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please..” Solomon continued with the words, “that you stir not up” or “that you, daughters of Jerusalem, in no way or manner rouse, incite or raise up”, “nor awake my love” which means “no and not in any way lift or wake up my, the bride's, well-loved groom”, “till he please” or “even and up until he, the groom, takes pleasure, delight and favor for being awakened”. Solomon continued to repeat how the bride pled for the “daughters of Jerusalem” not to arouse or wake up her groom until he delighted in doing so.
When we think through the words in this verse, we we learn how Solomon employed this phrase again as he shared the intimate care between the bride and her groom. The bride instructed the “daughters of Jerusalem” to promise by the roebucks and wild deer that they would in no way arouse or wake up her groom while he slept until he desired to be awakened. She becomes an example of the relationship between Jesus Christ and His bride, the church, as there is a close relationship between them. God sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when we receive Him as our “Lord and Savior”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life, make us part of His church, His bride, and we shall be with for Him for all eternity.
Next time the Solomon shares about the wedding day and how the bride asks, “who is this that comes out of the wilderness?” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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