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We see in those writings that Solomon saw a vision of the Bride of Christ, the church. He said that thou art fair, my love, so we see that firstly God loves us and we have to become fair. When a bride is chosen she goes to a great amount of trouble to prepare herself for the wedding day, to make herself look the best she has ever looked, so we see that we have to also make an effort. Solomon saw the eyes and they were as doves’ eyes. Doves are peaceful, doves do not make a lot of noise. Doves quietly fly around and are always at peace with the world, so we see that we have to develop “this peace”. It is not the peace of man, but the Peace of God that Christ left for us. Peace between ourselves and God through Jesus Christ, reconciled to God, happy to be His sons and His daughters. He told us that our clothing must be like a flock of sheep. He was purposely using the sheep as an example because sheep have to go together in a flock. They have to have a leader, a shepherd. They have to have lots of things done to them. They have to be led to the water. Every year they have to have the wool taken off them because in that wool is all the burrs and the rubbish, and in the summer they would die. So we see that we have to allow ourselves to be watered, to be fed, to have our bad things taken away from us, to be fruitful, and to live close to God. The teeth are all even. Out of our mouth proceed all of the words that we say, so we have to make sure that our words are always even, that they are not judgemental, that they treat everyone as equal in God’s sight. Sheep have to be washed and we too have to be washed through Baptism, so that we can call on the good shepherd. None of the sheep were barren and they all brought forth twins, so we see that we have to make this effort in our life to serve the Lord at all times, to be fruitful, and help others to this great promise. The lips were like a thread of scarlet. Under the Jewish law, if a person was found telling lies, they had to go to the priest and the priest painted their lips a scarlet colour to cure them. We see that we must always be careful of what we say, that we do not tell lies, that we do not go about tale-bearing and causing trouble, but at all times ask the high priest to paint our lips with scarlet.

The neck is like the tower of David on which all the armoury was hung. Our neck connects our head with our body. The head of the church is Christ. We must have strong faith, connecting ourselves as the body of Christ to the head of Christ. Always do in our life all those things that Christ has taught us. When we listen to those things, perhaps we become depressed, because we ask ourselves how can we do all of those things, and of course we can’t, but through the Grace of Christ He has given us a way when Solomon saw a hill of frankincense and a mountain of myrrh. Frankincense represents the Holy Ghost. We cannot see Him but He has been given to us from God. This Holy Ghost can forgive us our sins. It can comfort us, feed us, give us the Word of God, tell us when we are doing wrong and help us do right, so we must at all times in our life call on this Holy Spirit through the Grace of Christ to forgive us our sins and guide us.

The mountain of myrrh. Myrrh was used to embalm bodies so that they would not deteriorate, and we’ve been given a mountain of myrrh which is the Holy Communion. This will also preserve our bodies, that even if we pass away in this life, when the Lord returns the graves will open and we will be made whole again. This myrrh is used to take away our forgiven sins and replace it with the righteousness of Christ, and it is only by this righteousness of Christ and the Grace of Christ, not by any acts of ourselves, not by fulfilling any laws, only the Grace of Christ that can prepare us for those wonderful words that Solomon saw in verse 7, “Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” Let us seek the Grace of Christ and His righteousness, and remember Christ’s teaching. “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all else will be added unto you.”