Song 8:9 | KingComments | STEP | In this book we hear for the first time about a sister of the bride ( ). She talks about “we”, meaning herself and the groom who is also her brother. Her little sister was not yet an adult. She has “no breasts” yet, which means that she cannot pass on food herself. She is prophetically a picture of the ten tribes that are still scattered. Her question is what she and the groom will be able to do for her. She also wants to connect her with the groom. This speaks figuratively of the desire to familiarize other believers who do not know many of the truths of the connection between the Lord Jesus and the church with these truths. With such believers there is no spiritual maturity yet. We may talk about this with the Lord and ask Him what we can do. Many are like that little sister, they have new life, but nothing to pass on. They are still too busy with themselves. It may be a newly converted person or someone who has fallen back into his old life and wants to return to the Lord. Or perhaps to someone who has not yet grown in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus through a wrong, one-sided preaching. It is a good desire to help others in those situations to regain a good view of the Lord Jesus. This is a work that requires a lot of patience. The question is how the little sister is doing or, prophetically, how the ten tribes are doing ( ). The answer comes from the groom. A wall speaks of separation between the holy and the profane ( ). The wall ensures that we are closed to the wrong and that the good is preserved. The question regarding the ten tribes is who among them is truly set apart for God and lives dedicated to Him. If this is so with this sister, she can be told what her deliverance means, which is represented by the “battlement of silver”. This must be made known to her by instruction. It must be made clear to her what the silver of salvation means ( ). She has the position, but not the practice that should follow from it. A battlement is a defensive wall. The best defense against any enemy attack is to stand on the foundation of salvation. The justification by God’s grace, by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus through His blood ( ), gives the full assurance of salvation. That salvation must be worn like a helmet ( ). This protects our thoughts from the devil’s whisperings that you can’t be so sure. If this sister is a door, there must be a bolt. If there is no bolt, she is open to wrong teachings. When they get entrance, it leads her away from the truth. Therefore, care must be taken to her. The planks of cedar must be fitted. Cedar wood is the covering of the temple, God’s dwelling place in the Old Testament ( ). A believer who is open to wrong doctrine must be made aware that he belongs to God’s dwelling place, the church, that he is a member of the church. Through teaching about the church, the meaning of belonging to the church of God and the distinction between good and evil must be clarified. The bride knows for herself that she is a wall ( ), that she is completely separated for the groom. That her “breasts were like towers” means that she has spiritually grown up. She is able to pass on food. She did so with a view to the spiritual vigilance, of which the towers speak. What we pass as truths, the teaching of the truth of God’s Word, makes us watchful for the enemy. His aim is to distort and remove the spiritual truths. Whoever is spiritually mature and vigilant will find peace in the eyes of the Lord Jesus. It is a peace that is the result of complete surrender to Him. If a city is besieged by an enemy and surrenders, this results in peace and rest for the city and also service instead of destruction (cf. ). He loves to see us so surrender to Him, hand ourselves over to Him, as it were. Then we find true peace. As long as we resist Him, we have no peace ( ). We have peace when we have the desire to pass on spiritual food to our fellow believers and to make them aware of the dangers that exist. Prophetically, it is about the peace of Jerusalem. For that peace we may pray ( ). That is not a peace enforced by the nations, not even the peace enforced by Israel itself. That peace is unattainable. It is about the peace that Jerusalem or the remnant will find when it is in the arms of the Messiah after the great tribulation. He will then make a covenant of peace with Jerusalem. That peace will be lasting for thousand years ( ).

‏ Song of Solomon 8:9

The Bride and Her Sister

In this book we hear for the first time about a sister of the bride (Song 8:8). She talks about “we”, meaning herself and the groom who is also her brother. Her little sister was not yet an adult. She has “no breasts” yet, which means that she cannot pass on food herself. She is prophetically a picture of the ten tribes that are still scattered. Her question is what she and the groom will be able to do for her. She also wants to connect her with the groom.

This speaks figuratively of the desire to familiarize other believers who do not know many of the truths of the connection between the Lord Jesus and the church with these truths. With such believers there is no spiritual maturity yet. We may talk about this with the Lord and ask Him what we can do.

Many are like that little sister, they have new life, but nothing to pass on. They are still too busy with themselves. It may be a newly converted person or someone who has fallen back into his old life and wants to return to the Lord. Or perhaps to someone who has not yet grown in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus through a wrong, one-sided preaching. It is a good desire to help others in those situations to regain a good view of the Lord Jesus. This is a work that requires a lot of patience.

The question is how the little sister is doing or, prophetically, how the ten tribes are doing (Song 8:9). The answer comes from the groom. A wall speaks of separation between the holy and the profane (Eze 42:20). The wall ensures that we are closed to the wrong and that the good is preserved. The question regarding the ten tribes is who among them is truly set apart for God and lives dedicated to Him.

If this is so with this sister, she can be told what her deliverance means, which is represented by the “battlement of silver”. This must be made known to her by instruction. It must be made clear to her what the silver of salvation means (1Pet 1:18-19). She has the position, but not the practice that should follow from it.

A battlement is a defensive wall. The best defense against any enemy attack is to stand on the foundation of salvation. The justification by God’s grace, by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus through His blood (Rom 3:24-25), gives the full assurance of salvation. That salvation must be worn like a helmet (Eph 6:17a). This protects our thoughts from the devil’s whisperings that you can’t be so sure.

If this sister is a door, there must be a bolt. If there is no bolt, she is open to wrong teachings. When they get entrance, it leads her away from the truth. Therefore, care must be taken to her. The planks of cedar must be fitted. Cedar wood is the covering of the temple, God’s dwelling place in the Old Testament (1Kgs 6:9-10).

A believer who is open to wrong doctrine must be made aware that he belongs to God’s dwelling place, the church, that he is a member of the church. Through teaching about the church, the meaning of belonging to the church of God and the distinction between good and evil must be clarified.

The bride knows for herself that she is a wall (Song 8:10), that she is completely separated for the groom. That her “breasts were like towers” means that she has spiritually grown up. She is able to pass on food. She did so with a view to the spiritual vigilance, of which the towers speak. What we pass as truths, the teaching of the truth of God’s Word, makes us watchful for the enemy. His aim is to distort and remove the spiritual truths.

Whoever is spiritually mature and vigilant will find peace in the eyes of the Lord Jesus. It is a peace that is the result of complete surrender to Him. If a city is besieged by an enemy and surrenders, this results in peace and rest for the city and also service instead of destruction (cf. Deu 20:1-11).

He loves to see us so surrender to Him, hand ourselves over to Him, as it were. Then we find true peace. As long as we resist Him, we have no peace (Job 9:4b). We have peace when we have the desire to pass on spiritual food to our fellow believers and to make them aware of the dangers that exist.

Prophetically, it is about the peace of Jerusalem. For that peace we may pray (Psa 122:6-7). That is not a peace enforced by the nations, not even the peace enforced by Israel itself. That peace is unattainable. It is about the peace that Jerusalem or the remnant will find when it is in the arms of the Messiah after the great tribulation. He will then make a covenant of peace with Jerusalem. That peace will be lasting for thousand years (Eze 37:26).