Study 9A..The section of scripture we are to study begins with an arresting question, which was evidently asked by the daughters of Jerusalem as they saw the radiant and happy bride passing by and leaning on the arm of her beloved bridegroom..leaning on Jesus.

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Study 9A  LEANING ON OUR BELOVED
THE SONG OF SOLOMON


Key-verse: ““Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover?…”…” (Song of Songs 8:5-7)
The section of scripture we are to study begins with an arresting question, which was evidently asked by the daughters of Jerusalem as they saw the radiant and happy bride passing by and leaning on the arm of her beloved bridegroom. The question presents to us, with the words that follow, a beautiful picture of the present position of the believer in relation to the Lord and of some of the great blessings which the believer possesses in the Lord. Let us unfold the passage in the following way:-
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1 . ““WHO IS THIS ?”” – She is the Bride.
It is the bride who is referred to, and she represents the Bride of Christ, the Church, the individual believer. In the New Testament the Church is spoken of as a Building (Ephesians 2:22); as the Body of Christ (Ephesians 1:23); as the Brotherhood of believers (Ephesians 2:19); and as the Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:23-27). The daughters of Jerusalem said, ““Who is this?”” –- as if to suggest that the bride was something of a mystery to them. That is exactly what the Church is to the uninitiated –- a ‘mystery’ which had been hidden from the ages but which was revealed to Paul, and through Paul to the saints –- look up and compare Ephesians 1:9; 3:3,4,9; and Colossians 1:26-27. What a mystery, what an enigma, the Christian is to the unbeliever (1 Corinthians 2:14). The unconverted certainly cannot understand the converted (2 Corinthians 5:17). What strange people Christians are! –- they love singing hymns rather than the empty songs of the world –- look up Psalm 40:1-3; they love a prayer meeting more than a dance -– look up Acts 4:23-24; and they are living more for the world to come than for this present world (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
2 . “ ” WHO IS THIS ?”” – She is the Bride who is coming up from the wilderness .
From Deuteronomy 32:10-11 we learn that the Jewish ‘‘church’’ came up out of the wilderness in a very literal sense: from a ““barren and howling waste”” (Deuteronomy 32:10); from a ““desert waste”” (Joel 2:3 and 3:19); from a wilderness in which they found grace (Jeremiah 31:2). But, the Church of Christ was also raised up from a desolate wilderness condition by divine grace (Galatians 4:27). As individual believers, as members of Christ’’s Church, we have been brought out of the wilderness of sin, shame and separation and into a place of deliverance, honour and security in the arms of our Lover –- look up Ephesians 2:1-6 and 12-22. Moreover, we are still coming ‘‘up from the wilderness’’ as we travel towards our heavenly Home in the safe care and keeping of our Lover.

Have you started coming out of the wilderness of sins and struggles, And also as you're coming out ,don't forget to lean on Him(Jesus Christ).We shall continue in the part B of the study.God bless you and have a nice day...

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