Oh Lord, Take Us Away With You!

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"Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. See How right they are to adore you!" 
Song of Solomon 1:4

Do you ever feel impatient to be with God? I do. I think of Him and heaven and long to be there. Have you ever been engaged and longed for the wedding day to come? Have you ever been in love and hated parting from him or her? Many people have run off to get married - they didn't want to wait any longer. Nothing mattered but to be together. That's the feeling I get from this verse.

On the last page of the Bible, Jesus said to John , “Surely I am coming soon.” John replied, "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"  I say along with John, "Yes, amen, come Lord Jesus."

 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
chambers—Her prayer is answered even beyond her desires. Not only is she permitted to run after Him, but is brought into the inmost pavilion, where Eastern kings admitted none but the most intimate friends (Es 4:11; 5:2; Ps 27:5)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The concluding words have caused much discussion. The meaning, however, is the same whether we say, "The upright love thee," or "Thou art rightly loved." The intention is to set forth the object of love as perfect. 

Love is as Strong as Death.

Song of Solomon 8:6,7

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm;"

The Bride says this to the bridegroom, (or a believer to God) "As in So 8:5, she was "leaning" on Him, that is, her arm on His arm, her head on His bosom; so she prays now that before they part, her impression may be graven both on His heart and His arm, answering to His love and His power."

 "...for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame."

I thought about love being as strong as death and this made so much sense to me. If someone you love dies you still love him the same. You never stop loving him. Love survives the death of a loved one. The love God has for us surpasses our physical death.

"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."

Imagine if someone offered you a million dollars to stop loving your son or daughter. That offer would be "utterly scorned". Imagine if someone offered you a million dollars to turn your back on Christ - that offer would also be scorned. Real love is so deep, so strong, so sure that nothing can move it.

 "If a rich man's whole estate was offered for it, to a lover of Christ; yea, the riches of the Indies, or the vast treasures of the whole globe, on condition of his parting with Christ, and deserting his cause and interest, and dropping or neglecting his love to him, it would be treated by him with the, almost disdain and contempt; "

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