A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
The book belongs to the warm, figurative language of the East, and many take it as a parable of Christ and His church. In its figurative meaning the speaker is the church addressing Christ and calling Him her beloved, with the beloved standing for Christ and the church standing for Christ's people. As a fragrant sachet kept through the night close to the heart against the chest, He is precious and continually cherished, expressing His close and tender relationship with His people. It is a poetic picture of Christ's wonderful love for the church and of her responding love, though she is often unfaithful and inconstant.
The book belongs to the warm, figurative language of the East, and many take it as a parable of Christ and His church. In its figurative meaning the speaker is the church addressing Christ and calling Him her beloved, with the beloved standing for Christ and the church standing for Christ's people. As a fragrant sachet kept through the night close to the heart against the chest, He is precious and continually cherished, expressing His close and tender relationship with His people. It is a poetic picture of Christ's wonderful love for the church and of her responding love, though she is often unfaithful and inconstant.