They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
The verse belongs to a love poem that depicts Christ and His church. In its plain sense it describes sixty valiant men forming Solomon's guard around his bed, armed and skilled in war with each sword upon his thigh to meet danger in the night.
The poem uses vivid imagery to portray His love and the church's response, which is at times unfaithful and inconsistent. As an Oriental poem, its portrayal of Christ's love for His church allows Solomon's experiences to serve as types of Christ and the church.
The guards symbolize more than one hundred of the greatest men of the church in all ages who surround and defend the doctrine that the present world will be purified into a beautiful princely home where the redeemed will dwell on earth with Christ after the day of judgment. In so doing they show that teaching to be scriptural and the ancient orthodox faith of the church.
The verse belongs to a love poem that depicts Christ and His church. In its plain sense it describes sixty valiant men forming Solomon's guard around his bed, armed and skilled in war with each sword upon his thigh to meet danger in the night.
The poem uses vivid imagery to portray His love and the church's response, which is at times unfaithful and inconsistent. As an Oriental poem, its portrayal of Christ's love for His church allows Solomon's experiences to serve as types of Christ and the church.
The guards symbolize more than one hundred of the greatest men of the church in all ages who surround and defend the doctrine that the present world will be purified into a beautiful princely home where the redeemed will dwell on earth with Christ after the day of judgment. In so doing they show that teaching to be scriptural and the ancient orthodox faith of the church.