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Message Nine
Becoming a Garden to Christ
Scripture Reading: S.S. 4:12-5:1; 6:2-3
- Through her living in Christ’s ascension as the new creation in resurrection, the lover of Christ becomes mature in the riches of the life of Christ so that she becomes a garden to Christ—4:12-15:
- Enclosed with a spring shut up and a fountain sealed for Christ’s private enjoyment—v. 12.
- Full of the choicest fruit and the chief spices with their beauty and fragrance—vv. 13-14.
- Having a fountain and a well of living water, which are streams from the resurrection and ascension life—v. 15.
- She expects the cold north wind to awake and the hot south wind to come blowing upon her garden that her spices may flow forth—v. 16a.
- She wants her Beloved to come into His garden and eat His choicest fruit—v. 16b.
- The Beloved has come into His garden, which is His sister and bride—5:1; 6:2:
- He has gathered His myrrh with His spice—5:1a.
- He has eaten His honeycomb with His honey and drunk His wine with His milk—5:1b.
- He invites His beloved friends, the Triune God, to eat and drink deeply with Him—5:1c.
- He has gone down to the beds of spices to feed in the gardens (referring to the lover and other lovers of Christ) and gather lilies—6:2.
- She realizes:
- That she is Christ’s and that Christ is hers.
- That Christ pastures His churches among His seekers as lilies—6:3.
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