Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Solomon wrote one thousand and five songs or poems, and this verse belongs to one of them. It stands within a dialogue carried on between various parties, clothed in vivid, warm, Eastern imagery. The spelling roe denotes a swift animal joined with a young hart, not row meaning a line or paddling across water.
The book is widely read as a figurative portrayal of Christ and His church, setting forth His wonderful love and her love in answer, though often wanting in faithfulness and constancy. In this closing call the beloved is bidden to come swiftly, like a roe or a young hart over the mountains of spices. It is the prayer and longing of waiting believers, of the church, for her beloved Lord to come quickly in His soon return.
It is the church affirming His promise to return and longing for His glorious appearing to bring the present state of sin, sorrow, and temptation to an end. She asks Him to hasten without delay, like a swift young deer across the fields of spices, and her cry belongs to the setting of her final conflict, victory, and reward. With that picture of Christ and the church in mind, it is to be read alone with God.
Solomon wrote one thousand and five songs or poems, and this verse belongs to one of them. It stands within a dialogue carried on between various parties, clothed in vivid, warm, Eastern imagery. The spelling roe denotes a swift animal joined with a young hart, not row meaning a line or paddling across water.
The book is widely read as a figurative portrayal of Christ and His church, setting forth His wonderful love and her love in answer, though often wanting in faithfulness and constancy. In this closing call the beloved is bidden to come swiftly, like a roe or a young hart over the mountains of spices. It is the prayer and longing of waiting believers, of the church, for her beloved Lord to come quickly in His soon return.
It is the church affirming His promise to return and longing for His glorious appearing to bring the present state of sin, sorrow, and temptation to an end. She asks Him to hasten without delay, like a swift young deer across the fields of spices, and her cry belongs to the setting of her final conflict, victory, and reward. With that picture of Christ and the church in mind, it is to be read alone with God.