June 12, 2025

The Church is Christ’s beloved; the Shulamite woman in the Song of Solomon is a depiction of the Church. His beloved turned him away when he called on her, and she realized her mistake and ran out into the night to look for him, only to get beaten up by the watchman. She longed for Him to come back to her but realized that he had gone to the garden to check on his fruit and nuts, which we also understand to be the different churches. Some churches are like fruit, and others are like nuts (haha, just kidding.)

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 6:12

He returned to her and assured her that even though she was beat up and bruised, he still thought she was beautiful. Know this: even when we turn him away, being too lazy to get up and move out of our comfort zone, and though he may step back from us for a moment, we can always count on His love, remembering He is never too far away. Our soul is like two armies where our good side is battling our bad side, but Jesus knows our trouble yet loves us and forgives our indiscretions. 

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. Song of Solomon 6:13