Spurgeon's Song of Song Survey
Song of Songs – The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot
The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot
Song of Solomon 3:6-11
Pastor’s Opening
GREAT princes in the east are in the habit of travelling in splendid palanquins, which are at the same time chariots and beds. The person reclines within, screened by curtains from public view; a body-guard protects the equipage from robbers, and blazing torches light up the path along which the travellers proceed. King Solomon, in this Song, describes the Church of Christ, and Christ himself, as travelling through the world in such a palanquin.
Chapter Citation and Verse
Song of Solomon 3:6-11
“Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.”
Keys to Verse
Speaker: Church/the believer
Flowers: Christians, new believers
Winter: Deadness of one’s soul
Spring: Revival through the Spirit
Main Theme(s)
(1) The Magnificent Progress, the Glorious On-going of the Church and Her Lord Through the World,
(2) The Security of Christ’s Church at all Times,
(3) The Excellency of this Chariot in which Jesus Rides, and
(4) The Duty of Every Believing Heart who Rides with Him.
