“Ready My Bride!” – Part 2
See also: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Let’s take a look at Chapter 2 of Song of Solomon.
We read that He calls His Bride a lily as she is the one who is willing to yield to her identity [flesh] coming forth in complete submission [union] with Her Bridegroom.
“I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Like a lily among thorn is my darling among the young women,” Song of Solomon 2:1-2.
The Bride Lily really reveals a true servant’s life of sacrifice and service to her Bridegroom.
Flowers are symbolic for growth, beauty and “new life” and the thorns are identified as the cares of the world and in this verse called young woman or Daughters of Jerusalem.
Thorns [the world] choke the new life of God out of the Beloved Bride . Later we will see in Chapter 6, the Bridegroom only dwells among the lilies and gathers them for Himself.
Our take-away, The Father is bringing forth those willing to be tested in order to become all that He has determined them to be.
A Harvest spoken of in His Word. It is time for all His Church to stop wandering! We must refocus; off of our purpose and on to God’s purpose, off of our own needs and on to the needs of others.
As we seek the Father, we learn to respond to His Call for us. In verses 10-11, we are told we must be willing to go into the wilderness [winter] and face intense hunger, until we are fed by The LORD Himself.
My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone,” Song of Solomon 2:10-11.
Overcoming our wilderness means we become victorious in hearing our Bridegroom’s voice!
Up to this point, we have wandered around seeking those who have already completed their winter and rains [attacks] and have desperately cried out to the Bridegroom.
Paul’s warning in Philippians 2:4-11,
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus ever knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” Philippians 2:4-11.
When we take these words within our hearts we are able to rise higher with The Father and we can be taught by Him.
We are told we receive His power or “Fire” of the Spirit after a time of testing. Jesus received the “fullness” of the Spirit in the Jordan, but He too was led into the wilderness for testing. (Luke 4:1-4)
In His Wilderness “the Word became flesh” or power [fire] in His life and ministry. His experience provides an example of the Oneness that The LORD desires to work in all of our lives.
“They were amazed at his teaching, because His Words had authority,” Luke 4:32.
When we sincerely run after Him, The Father will accept our prayers and begin a great work within us. Each given the Baptism of His Holy Spirit Fire along with gifts and blessings.
This is when The Father makes arrangements to guide us into our time of wilderness [testing].
As we faithfully walk, His Word comes alive to us. His presence is known to us. This is where His Spiritual Fire becomes personalized for each of us and we have unity with The Father, our Bridegroom.
Can you see Jesus as your Heavenly Bridegroom?
As we prayerfully follow the steps that Jesus took in order to draw His Bride to Himself, we are drawn into a closer personal relationship with Him. We become more responsive when He comes knocking upon the door of our hearts. We come willingly submitting ourselves to Him.
As we meditate upon these words in Song of Solomon, we notice the Bride becomes less self-centered and more focused on what the Bridegroom desires for her. We can see her problems as being our problems too.
Are we readily submitting ourselves to Jesus?
Also, let’s consider the necessary role of the Daughter’s of Jerusalem or young woman who provoke the Bride to become all that the Bridegroom desires her to be while exposing the spiritual attacks as a way to refine His Bride.
“I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake love, till it pleases [the appropriate time],” Song of Solomon 2:7.
The Father knows how and when we will be spiritually awakened and at the rate in which we will progress, but we must recognize this for ourselves too.
We are awaken to become His Bride [friend] who personally loves and greatly desires to commune with Him in our wilderness.
We replace our list prayers to prayers of strengthening our faith, deeper understanding and awareness to become spiritual sensitive to satisfy what is now a deep hunger for Him to respond to us.
The Father when He calls we are awaken to the DEEP call within us.
“Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me,” Psalm 42:7.
This divine spiritual satisfaction or fulfillment enables us to receive the love relationship of Jesus. We become lovable! We allow Him to love us!
“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 2:16.
Let’s be honest, His love for us…. is a mystery that we cannot humanly comprehend!
When we commune spiritually with The Father, our intimate worship or expression of love towards Him provides an experience that takes us to a higher realm.
In Songs it is referred to as the secret entrance to His hidden stairs. We are told this in verses 13 and 14.
The possibility to ascend from one level in our relationship to yet another and another as each hidden step is revealed so we may communion and have a deeper fellowship with our Bridegroom.
How Awesome, right?!
“….Arise, My Love, My fair one and come away. O My dove! that [are] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs….” Song of Solomon 2:13-14.
As I am studying these passages, The Father speaks to His Bride:
“My Beloved, My Holy Spirit is working. His Power shall come over you and you shall be My Bride on earth. All those waiting in My Chamber are about to experience the Baptism of My Spirit’s Fire upon them.
My little lambs, all those who have just been tried, proven and refined as gold by denying oneself, I Am pouring out! Can you hear my words of Love for you? I come in a whisper, “Come to Me.” The darkness that once covered your land is being lifted and My Light begins to enter at the very corner spreading to hold nothing back. All Rivers no longer damned — all blockages are to burst wide-open. Hallelujah!
In the Morning, you shall hear the glory of My Voice like never before…. Praise God!
My Flowing Water pouring-out over all the land touching every tributary and ventricle rushing within you. A continuous move of emotions streaming into all areas of deep sadness and wounding until swept clean. This flow washes even the loneliest of layers until completely swept away by My River of Flowing Water. You become New in Me.
Now, your ability to perform will no longer be required for you wait for no man. You see, I have come to make you Holy in all areas even the areas previously hindered by your soul are now being swept away ……swept away by My River of Flowing Water.
We shall have unity within My peace.
Our Oneness is a place of refuge and hope.
Listening, Ascend Higher and Higher, says The LORD.
Faith to ascend will take you up into My Clouds. Enter My Doorway by My Hidden Staircase to My Tabernacle taking you to My Upper room to pray continuously.
Your prayers in My Upper room have power as they are heard by My Heavenly Hosts. Oh How I love Peter, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bart, Matthew and James.
Abiding in My Oneness, I AM leading you …. You are blameless escaping travails by learning to wait on My Voice.
You discern and acquire knowledge of Me building strength to endure the days ahead. For My Judgments are coming, do not wander, stay connected in prayer as the mixture of the world and Christ can no longer exist.
I AM birthing something in you, says The LORD.
Let it percolate…. simmering like a pot of soup, says The LORD. Do not do anything, but stay seated at My Table.
I AM proud of Mine and their Spiritual House’s [hearts] for My Blessings are coming!
Your Father, King of All Kings, Yahweh and Yahshua, Your Bridegroom.”
During my devotion and prayer with the Father, has said on several occasions to tell His Bride to have patience.
For He is our Alpha and Omega, who knows all…. He shall open the door with His Keys for your future life. He said…. ”to alleviate your pain would weaken your holiness and glorious purpose for your life in My Kingdom.
You have been made perfect through your suffering and brought to Glory for such a time as this.”
Be encouraged, praying without ceasing for The Bride of Christ to come forth!
Scriptures:
“I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable,” 1 Corinthians 15:50.
“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire,” Luke 3:16.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth,” Acts 1:8.
“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed,” 1 Corinthians 15:51-52.
“Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it,” Genesis 35:14.
“A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters,” Genesis 2:10.
“A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened,” Daniel 710.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness,” 1 John 1:9.
“According to The LORD’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of The LORD, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For The LORD himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet The LORD in the air. And so we will be with The LORD forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words,” 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18.
“and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”” Ezekiel 9:4.
“They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it,” Hebrew 12:10-11.
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me,” Matthew 16:24.
“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love,” 1 John 4:16-18.
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere,” 2 Colossioans 2:14.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it,” John 1:5.
:”After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight,” Acts 1:9.
“He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream,” Job 20:17.
“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all,” Ephesians 4:3-6.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness,” 1 John 1:9 9.
“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out,” Proverbs 18:15.
“Wait for The LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for The LORD,” Psalm 27:14.
“The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from The LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or depend on man,” Micah 5:7.
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize,” 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27.
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price,” Revelation 22:17.
“He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of The LORD Jesus be with all. Amem.” Revelation 22:20-21.
“Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:6-8.
See also: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Shalom
~ Angela Reese
Angela is the owner of “Fruits of His Vine” website, to encourage and equip those still in wandering, or in captivity, to find our Savior in His Holy Tabernacle.
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Thank you Mary Jo for sharing. What a beautiful testimony. Our journeys are different but so worth the treasure of our glorious Jesus. I am so thankful to be in this place and able to share His words spoken to me. I can’t do anything without The Father and He keeps refilling My cup. He’s raising up all those securely in Him Right now to help with His end time harvest. I can see He has an important part for you to play…. you are birthing it now. Sending much love and blessing over your house. Angela
I believe I’m living in these words now…I desire nothing but him…no longer do I crave the fleshly things of this world but more of him and a great desire to teach this to others…ive been walking with Jesus since June 11th 1974….why now I ask and all I get for an answer is because it’s time…I love where I’m at and feel so safe and secure…peaceful…thanks for this article…I read it all…you got to this place quickly yourself