Song of Songs 3:8 - The Valour And Glory of The Lord's Body Guard

This is the Truth Network treasurers of the song of songs, which is hands so we get to the a verse overhead verse of the third chapter, which is once again the me a glorious miracle verse and me. This really is and also many ways so I probably before I say this. First, we gotta be reminded that this unbelievable situation here that we are beholding bed of Jesus or the bed of Solomon is as described here and that is literally our hearts, but it is also the heart of the church. It is the Ark of the covenant account in a collaborative Ark of the government covenant when we think about the church's heart, which is where Jesus rest where we rest with Jesus where it all happens.

And so when you think about the what were talking about here is the Lord's bodyguard, you know, it's so beautiful to think that this is this is the guarding of our hearts and the church's heart and so with this spectacular glorious is the best way I know to put it as it is clearly a miracle. Okay, so again were describing the 60 valiant of Israel, and it says they all hold swords being experts in war. Every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night and the beautiful amazing thing that this particular verse. Everybody seems to agree often when it comes to Rashi and Matthew Henry and Spurgeon and they all wax completely eloquent on the subject of the first thing is no doubt whatsoever that the sword that they have is the sword of the Spirit in the sport is the sword of the Spirit is the word of God.

And when you look at that word sword in Hebrew, and you really dig into it. What spectacular I mean I just feel like oh if you could see what is there.

It would just encourage you so much, because the idea of the sword starts out with this miracle. Verse with with a hat. It starts out with that letter that begins the word statutes which is what we have been studying again our union with Christ is the beginning of the word sword that's it's fantastic to me and then it has a race which again would speak back towards the spirit and then abet which clearly is the son, and he is the word I mean I'll you know it. In other words, that the word sun begins with a bet and there's no doubt in my mind whatsoever in sunny times and you see the idea of cutting a covenant and all these things have to do with the sword that also has to do with the word which can cut between right spirit and soul and so here we have this this unbelievable weaponry that these bodyguard of the Lord's heart is is wielding which is his word itself.

Okay, the sword of the Spirit and you know you can help it.

Then just go to the next word which is there experts in war right that in other words when he says and it says they all hold swords being experts in war. That word expert by the way, is the word teacher and is literally the word vomit in a knowledge week.

If you been with me through the hundred 19 Psalm we studied and studied and studied the llama because it has to do with your art because our hearts love to learn and that's the reason why were all listening to this and talking about it is because we love to learn this stuff and and again being experts in the word is comes from a discipleship point of view where our hearts long for it okay and seems like so much comes together right here that it being an expert in war means that you are a disciple of the word of God and so many different ways in a disciple of Christ, being that it is his word, and so the more that you learn about his word, the more of an expert you become in war right in the word war is attendance loaded with Malik's and Lahm it's it's it's an and hats it's it's it's just the same. All these things kinda come together again to say that as we are united with God. A course it's going to come against persecution. Of course, Satan is going to come against that and the way that he came again.

Satan always was with words with the word of God and in the way that he's gonna straighten out everything at the end of the age is going to be through his word and it says that so clearly so as we become experts in this we become swordsmen and so are you not surprised that Solomon's bodyguard were experts. Experts are Jesus's bodyguard or experts. Experts in the word of God and then then where they have the swords and that this also is very beautiful amazing stuff from my perspective they have upon their thigh because of the fear of the night Wellington time at the five per minute because that too is just loaded with meaning, because you might remember that Abraham had a servant put his hand under the thigh, as did Joseph Amin as did Jacob have his son put his hand under his thigh when he told me want to be buried, and you might remember that it's the thigh that got wrenched of Israel and it's all pointing to something it's it's pointing to the flank okay and when you talk about war flank is a critical understanding of the flank is either the side or the back because someone's strength is always facing forward, but where there where they are the most vulnerable is that there flank and and so a flanking maneuver is like the number one thing in all of of you know, understanding, war, and so you know if you can see all through the Scriptures, a take that Satan he bites at the heels he comes at the flank he comes at you and so the fact that the swords are girded on their side and and you'll see this throughout the Scriptures. It talks about it several times and third floor there sword was on their side and that and that's the idea of the flank the guarding the flank. In other words, we've got to use the word of God to guard our flanks and our brothers flanks and the church is flanks in the heart of God's flank and you get the idea is that it's hard it's the flank that needs to be guarded and that's why the sword is there and it's ready to be drawn and it's sharper than any two-edged sword, so the fact is on the flank is huge. It's just it's a it's a beautiful understanding of inner spiritual warfare as he hits it with the with the end of this where he says from the fear of the night right in that there the bride for every reason in the world.

When you look at all about warfare. In Ephesians 6 right.

It says for we battle not against flesh and blood, but spiritual forces of darkness. The forces of darkness right and enemies of these these forces are. They bring darkness, against the light and so what beautiful thing that we have the sword of the spirit that brings light right and that the flank is is the darkness that we believe were going to come up against right and so when you look at this. To me it's like wow you're talking about 60 valiant men of Israel wrestlers with God in prayer wrestlers with his word, in prayer and what are they wrestling for the bed of Solomon wrestling for the heart and and those of us who know John Eldridge's ministry or another masculine journey is where we always wrestling where's the fight taking place. It's for our hearts because that is the heart of the church.

It's where we meet with Jesus and with we've got to protect that place where we meet with Jesus, it just has to be protected so that he can do his work and you know we need the healing we need to become wholehearted all those things happen with ministry of the heart and so you know, for those of us who were John Eldridge lovers you can't help but look at this passage and go all my goodness, is he on target with his ministry fighting for the hearts of his beloved right of Jesus's beloved. So when you go after fighting for someone's hardware, especially with the word of God using your sword right. Here's the Scripture hears this understanding of this passage that all of a sudden boy this makes sense and let me share this with you because you're just it's going to make all the difference in when I think about the life and death struggles. I'm even in this morning as I I am reaching out to one of my children and they seem very like doubtful of many things. It was beautiful that I had the word of God to lean on to point out that they were chosen were chosen as as by God and chosen by me because I had the word of God). The sword all you have to do. I love I love I love what it says it in the 16 Solomon says my goodness is nothing apart from you. Okay, so in of this, the sword knows what it wants to do, but you gotta know what the sword is right and in like the Bible sword that that was held in in the movie that the Disney did you know the verbal sword on the Alice in Wonderland knows what it wants. But in order to know that you gotta be in communion with him without sword in your hand. And so there. To me, I love to be in that situation where know God is doing something and I'm in a battle where God is wanting his beloveds hearts and he will give you that were just like he did for me this morning as as were battling for children, as were battering for friends battling for friends hearts, as were battling for the church's heart. This verse is glory's age. It is the eighth verse of the book of the demo chapter. In other words, the idea of gizmo is it's gonna bring greatness and if you don't see how great this verse is man I the Lord is that it's spectacular. Read Matthew Henry Reed of Spurgeon, Reed Rossi, who everyone arrayed that understands what this is saying oh my goodness is this a glorious verse.

I hope we can all get it in our hearts were we can use it the next time we come to a place where we need to be the Lord's body