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SOS 2:10-13 A Message from the Bridegroom to the Bride

Preached by James R. Reynolds, Sr. on February 21, 1979.

Song of Solomon 2:10-13 — My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

INTRODUCTION

There is a great message from God not only here but in the entire book. It is for those who are willing to pay the price, to attain to all that God has provided for them. Some are not interested of getting any more than what they have as far as simple salvation.

Born again is not something we decide to do. It is not by the church, It is not acquired by works. Born again is an experience by the Spirit.

1Cor. 3:15—If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Jude 1:23—And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

 

We need to be stirred, aroused, awakened and something within you crying out,

You’re not satisfied with yourself. The Holy Spirit is wooing the Bride to Christ today.

 

I. The Message of Encouragement

 

Song 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  1. She hears His Voice – “My beloved spake”
  1. He is speaking  - Divine Truth, His Word is alive
    1. “Rise up, my love”
      1. He loves her
      2. She loves Him

 

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

1John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

John 14:15—If ye love me, keep my commandments.

21—He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him

John 3:16—For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

There is the Family and then there is the Church.

The Church is not the building but the people of God that really love God.

There is a Love affair going on; it is not drudgery, it is not misery.

 

The Bride will love Him more.

There is a mutual agreement between us and the Lord.

 

It should not be a hard job to sit in His Presence.

 

We are understanding more of Him and His Word and His Revelation, His desire and His Purpose and His Plan; The great Eternal plan of God to make a people like His Son.

He included You.

When we understand His love it should be an encouragement to us.

 

He called Her His Love.

“My Love”

  • The Word of God is a precious letter that we should read over and over in Love with Him because He is in love with you.

Jn. 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • The Word of God is personal
    • Personal Vision comes as the Word of God is illuminated
    • The Word of God is illuminated after prolonged Prayer

 

How do we get a personal vision?                                                                                                     • The WORD of God will light and direct your path.                                                               PRAYER God often gives vision in response to PRAYER.                                                             Personal PROPHECY, properly given and carefully evaluated.                                                                                                                             DIRECT REVELATION by the Holy Spirit.                                                                                                        • In the MULTITUDE of trustworthy COUNSELORS.

  • The Word of God is Eternal, It is alive, it is still speaking.

Hebrews 11:4—By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Though Abel was dead, Yet holy men of God wrote of him.

  • The Word of God is a living Letter with Hope and encouragement in it for you

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    1. “My fair one”
      1. His Word is made alive in us by the Spirit as we follow Him.
      2. Attaining to what God has provided.

 

Anyone and everyone has the same privilege to appropriate all that He has Provided and become the “Fair one”.

(The Multitudes) The Family – The Church - (The inner circle) – The Bride

 

70 followers     - 12 Disciples     -     (Peter, James John)      -    John the Beloved

13:25—He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

21:20—Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

Song 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest

Song 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest

Song 6:1 …O thou fairest among women?

    1.  “Come away”

 

The one who is fair needed the charge “come away” she has become relaxed.

 

Mat. 26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

 

Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

 

Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

 

  • God wants to awaken the Church.
  • God wants to awaken you.
  • God wants to use you.

“Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away”

Let us be on the move, let’s get going, He not only encourages us but He challenges us.

 

God is going to have a Bride that is not half asleep but fully awake and that is totally for Him.

 

II. Message of Grace

 

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

 

  1. For, lo, the winter is past
  1. He is using symbolic language, and the winter is symbolic of the law.
    1. Winter is Hard, cold, barren and no life.
    2. Law is binding, hard, unbending, simply stating the facts, producing no life.
    3. God does not bend His Law for anyone.

 

Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.                                                                                     20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

 

Rom. 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.

 

  1. With the winter past, spring has come.
    1. Spring is life coming forth.
    2. Grace is Spiritual life coming forth
    3. God gives Grace to the Humble

 

The winter has had its consummation in Jesus Christ.

 

  1. The rain is over and gone;

 

  1. The Abundance of Rain

 

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over (and This and is in italics) gone;

 

  • For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is overgone;

 

Zec. 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

 

Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

 

James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  1. Song 2:12 “The flowers appear on the earth”
  1. There is the sign and evidence of spiritual life when Jesus dwells in you.
  2. There is a sign and process of growth where fruit is coming forth to Perfection.

 

Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

 

Php. 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

 

  1. There is the sign of Joy

“The time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land”

 

1Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

 

Psalm 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

 

    1. The singing of birds is symbolic of music in our heart to the Lord
    2. Glorifying God, Praising the Lord, Worshipping Him .

 

Psalm 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?

 

  1. “The voice of the turtle is heard in our land”         (The Turtle Dove)
  1. There is Signs of Peace
    1. Symbol of the Spirit and emblem of Peace.

 

Php. 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

2Tim. 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

 

  1. An emblem of Love
    1. God’s grace is revealed to us by His Love in action.

 

John3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1John3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  1. An Emblem of Repentance.
    1. The spirit of Elijah was to preach repentance.
    2. The spirit John the Baptist was to preach repentance.
    3. The Holy Ghost will sound the same message through us today.

III. The Message of Warning

  1. The sound will not always be in the land.
  2. Today the Message is to sound in us and through us.
  3. Tonight The Turtle Dove is still crying, warning, and sounding the alarm.

 

Mat. 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

 

Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

 

The Fig tree represents the nation of Israel and all the other trees represent the other nations.

 

    1. Seeing the Nation of Israel gaining their independence is a sign that the Holy Ghost is going to pour out the latter rain in fullness.

 

    1. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

 

Song 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

 

The repeat of the message is a warning as well as encouragement.

 

Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

 

Gen. 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Gen. 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

 

25x’s Jesus said verily , verily in The Gospel of John alone.