“To me, my darling, you are like my mare among the chariots of Pharoah. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads. We will make for you ornaments of gold with beads of silver.”
At the time, Pharoah was famous for gathering and training
the best thoroughbred war horses in the world for his own army. The best of
these would be used for Pharoah’s personal chariots. Few were able to buy these
from him due to their high price as the best horses in the known world, but
King Solomon had the wealth to buy a horse even from Pharoah’s personal
chariot.
The King is continuing to wash the bride in the “water of
his word,” his affections. He is comparing the bride to his choice horse bought
from Pharoah’s personal chariot. We are God’s favorite, the best of all
creation, made out of Christ’s substance, in his likeness, and bought with the
highest price. We are also being trained by the best trainer, the Holy Spirit.
Cheeks are the place of revealing emotions, while the neck often speaks of the will in scripture. Ornaments of gold for her cheeks would be divine nature and character for her emotions, as gold tends to speak of divine nature and character. Beads of silver for her neck speak of a redeemed will, as silver points to redemption and the neck often speaks of the will.
Cheeks are the place of revealing emotions, while the neck often speaks of the will in scripture. Ornaments of gold for her cheeks would be divine nature and character for her emotions, as gold tends to speak of divine nature and character. Beads of silver for her neck speak of a redeemed will, as silver points to redemption and the neck often speaks of the will.
Her cheeks are already lovely with ornaments, speaking of
the fruit of the Holy Spirit already built into her life, and her neck (lovely)
with beads means that her will is also already under the influence of
redemption. After that, “we will make for you ornaments of gold and beads of
silver,” speaks of the fact that there is more to come. It is God who will
build his heart and character into us. He is faithful to complete the work he
started in us. We are beautiful to him because we are made of his perfect
substance in his likeness. His ornaments, the work of his Holy Spirit, are
already on us, and he has even more for us.
He delights in the beauty which he has created us in and is still
creating in us. He likens us to his most highly prized thoroughbred. We are the
best of all creation, of his very nature, and we are being shaped and trained
and adorned even further.
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