OUR FATHER PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE FOR HIS SON

The book of Ecclesiates Songs of Solomon chapter 14 1 verses 4 - 5 says this;

She: Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.

Friends:  We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine.

She:  How right they are to adore you!

Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

This passage is an excerpt from a conversation between a beautiful bride and her groom who is the king.

The bride looks forward to when the king will sweep her away to His chambers which is an intimate and private space to share between the couple.

A group of friends ( daughters of Jerusalem who are the bride's helpers ) of the couple intone that they will delight in the love the king has for His bride and that they will effusively speak of them as their marriage begins.

The bride acknowledges the stature of her wonderful bridegroom the King and that He is indeed awesome but she declares of herself that she is dark and she is lovely and exotic in appearance. She compares her coloring to the tents of the Bedouins  ( amplified version ) of Kedar.

Whereas the rendition of this narrative is from a close, personal  and intimate point of view, Psalm chapter 45 foretells of the same event but from a public and spectacular vantage point with all the pomp and circumstance of a royal wedding.

As the procession of the royal houses, companions of the princess and other guests move towards the palace of the king, the Holy Spirit whispers an instruction to the bride (whom He has brought from a distant land) the words of Psalm 45 verses 10 and 11;

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]: Forget your people and your father’s house;

Then the King will desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

The counsel given to the bride of Christ is to forget the things of this world from where she came and  humbly and fully give herself to her groom.

This pivotal event marks the beginning of the going forth of Christ and His bride into the eternal future ordained by the Father.

Amen.

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