Song of Solomon 6:11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Song of Solomon 6:11 belongs to a book written in the figurative language of the East and understood as a parable of Christ and His church. It is part of a poem portraying Christ's wonderful love and the church's answering love, which can lack faithfulness and constancy.
Going down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded, pictures God coming among His professed people to examine their spiritual fruit as a gardener inspects plants. This is the present examination of each person's state and standing before God before the final decree is made. In that reckoning those who are spiritually dead will be separated from the living, while the righteous will shine forth in God's kingdom.