Jesus Rejoices

DEVOTION

SONG OF SONGS

JESUS REJOICES

Song 3:6-11

6 Who is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? 7 Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel, 8 all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night. 9 King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon. 10 Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.

NIV

On the surface it would appear this is all about Solomon, but indeed it is not. Much of this Song of Songs is an allegory rather than simply surface or literal words. This has several visions within. First we can see the picture of God as a pillar of smoke leading the children of Israel out of Egypt. His carriage seems to describe the tabernacle made with silver and gold, and purple fabric. But it also gives us the picture of Jesus coming for his bride. He is the bridegroom coming in all his glory, silver and gold with fine linens of purple and an army of warriors. He is still covered with the scent of spices which could be from the Wiseman from the East or from the spices used to prepare his body for the tomb. But now Jesus is in his glorified state, the King of kings, the Lord of lords resurrected and Jesus certainly is wearing the crown as well as offering the crown of life to those nobles, the faithful church, which is to be resurrected. The best part of this is seeing Jesus, the bridegroom rejoicing on the day of his wedding, when the bride of Christ, we the church, the faithful who have endured to the end, are forever united with our Lord in the future tabernacle with posts made of silver and its base of gold, the golden streets of the city of Zion, the new city of Jerusalem. All after the great battle Armageddon, and the word of the Lord as a sword destroys the army of Satan and he is defeated once and for all. Jesus rejoices when we join him, to think we are the reason Jesus rejoices.