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Est 4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Seems to be going through some motions here, sounds religious, but where is the plea to God? Not one psalm, not one prayer, not one praise to Almighty God? Sounds to me like this guy just likes attention. Why didn’t he send a message to Jerusalem? HEY GUYS! Watch out! Ahaseurus is on the warpath from India to Ethiopia, but it is not recorded, anywhere in any language.

Est 4:2 And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

What? You can drink as much as you please in chapter one, but for heavens sake DON’T BE SAD! This is ridiculous. The king Artaxerxes cared about Nehemiah, who was sad in his presence! Daniel’s king cared for Daniel’s life even though he didn’t worship the same god.

Est 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

What about the Benjamites? What about PRAYER!? This is obviously not written by God fearing people.

Est 4:4 So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

God didn’t tell her, or even warn her. Nor did she ask for His help. Kind of odd that she sent him clothes, first thing. It’s not that he didn’t have any other clothes, but that he was declaring his mourning to all. She should have COMFORTED him with her words, prayers to God Almighty, but instead she resorts to material things. Seems she is aamaterial, aamaterial, girl girl, a material girl, MATERIAL-AL!

Est 4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Still no request to our Father. She’s asking everyone else, including servants and the like, who look to HER for leadership.

Est 4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

Being a servant, he does what is asked of him.

Est 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

Just how did he know that Haman had offered this money? He maintained an incredible amount of insight, without any help of God or mention of God whatsoever. It would seem he doesn’t even need God, for he is capable of manipulating the situation all on his own, pretending to be a Jew and all.

Est 4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

This decree isn’t recorded in any known history. Daniel was the president over all the provinces, and all the people were “decreed” to go back to the land by the Persian rulers, guess this king Ahaseurus didn’t get the memos, or he’s fictional.

Est 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Their plan is working fine without God’s help.

Est 4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

Esther, the material girl, let’s Mordecai in on a secret the he somehow missed.

Est 4:11 All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Making Esther’s plight even more difficult is not that she worships God, no not at all, it’s that by CHANCE THE LOT HADN’T FALLEN ON HER for those thirty days. Remember Nehemiah had free access to the Persian King.

Est 4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.

Est 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself

that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

He’s basically calling her selfish. That’s not such a “beautiful” quality at all. The Shulamite girl was never accused of being selfish, but only devout and capable. Esther isn’t really holding up to the most beautiful woman on earth.

Est 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

God is our deliverer, not this selfish material girl. God delivered Daniel from the lion’s den, not Esther.

Est 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

She just keeps on talking to him, instead of God.

Est 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

A religious show does NOT make it righteous, neither do material things like “holy clothes”, or sackcloth, or any other rites of passages religions add to the way of holiness. The Shulamite girl didn’t need to fast to get the attention of the king, but she was just herself, a shepherd girl with a vineyard and some sheep roaming about in the sun and her everyday clothes, yet her inner beauty just shined and drew in the highest person in the land, king Solomon.

Est 4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

God isn’t in this at all! It’s all Esther and Mordecai!

This was supposed to have ocurred over the whole entire known world at that time, from “India to Ethiopia” (vs. 1:1) Keep that in mind when they say it was “written in ALL languages” and “in the chronicles of the king” that there should be at least one record of one event or one name of one person from the years of events that occurred over the period, but absolutely nothing is found of any of it. That’s not to say it’s not valuable for us to read of the “methods” and “tricks” that the kenites will pull, so read on and you will see.

Est 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Now, if we are to set this story in the time of the first Persian king named Darius the Mede of Daniel 6:1,   we not only see the source of the characters for the book of Esther, but we don’t see ANY of Esther’s characters in Daniel’s province in the palace of Shushan, not even a king called Ahasuerus. The two books are juxtaposed against each other between Darius declared that the whole kingdom would worship the God of Daniel in Daniel 6:26.

Est 3:2 And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

we aren’t really told what haman did to deserve to be worshiped? Mordecai here seems to do the right thing,by not worshiping a man, but it’s not stated that Mordecai worshiped God either, which is an important detail in whether he is being “righteous” or just self-righteous.

Est 3:3 Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?

This story is actually the story of Daniel from Daniel 6:11-12, but here Mordecai has replaced Daniel with himself, the only difference is Mordecai isn’t worshipping God! You have to have the true God to be righteous, he’s only got it half right. Not only does this book not mention God’s name outright, but they don’t even have a place in their life for God.

Est 3:4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Except in chapter 2:5 he was of Benjamin not Judah, interesting that his lie puts him in the the position where he wants to, so he can create pathos for his dilemma, when the whole dilemma is manufactured. He can’t even get his OWN story straight, another earmark of a FAKE story.

Est 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

This story being told already in Daniel 6, gives us an important detail that it would NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN under the Persian kings Dan 6:26. Either Daniel’s story isn’t true, or Mordecai’s story (laced with lies) isn’t true. Daniel worshipped the one true God, Mordecai doesn’t even mention God.

Est 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

This is saying from Esther 1:1 that from Egypt to Ethiopia all the way to India (the whole known world) that the Jews (not Mordecai’s tribe) would be persecuted as a result of Mordecai’s refusal. This fully contradicts historical records AND the mouth of the Lord in Jeremiah 29:4-7, which says no harm will come to them. Now, their very lives are in danger! Who’s Word will stand? God’s or Mordecai’s (he wrote this book)?

Est 3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

This is what Purim would be based upon. It was started by the great venerable no name king (fit any name you like here), who had no loyalty to God at all, and would in essence be disobeying the Persian King “Darius the Mede” who said that the whole land, according to his decree, would fear the King of Kings, God Himself. Again, either Esther didn’t happen, or Daniel didn’t happen. Daniel is confirmed as true by Christ first, and history second. Esther is not confirmed in either.

Est 3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

The people from Judea (many tribes) lived in PEACE according to Jeremiah 29:7, they were FREED by the very first Persian king Cyrus himself, according to Ezra 1:1. Where is this written that they didn’t respect the king’s laws? Is Jeremiah and Ezra true or is the book of Esther true? How about Nehemiah, the KING’S CUPBEARER (Neh 1:11)!? Did he profit the king of Persia?

Est 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

First of all, it is written just the opposite in Ezra and Nehemiah, again and again “let them rebuild Jerusalem”.

Est 3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

According to the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, & Nehemiah, the Persians were kind and permissive to the exhiles. We can choose to believe this story or the rest of Scripture.

Est 3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

Seems like Haman is running the show here, but in Daniel, Daniel runs the show, in the book of Nehemiah, the king’s cupbearer, Nehemiah runs the show.

Est 3:12 Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

Yet not one person can produce one fragment of one of the 70 languages that it was written on, on a larger scale can be found anywhere.

Est 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

In Daniel 6:24 those who opposed Daniel and his God, where thrown into the lions den. It is possible that this is where the godless Mordecai (worshipper of MARS not God) got this idea.

Est 3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

Well, this would also include Jerusalem would it not? Not a single word of alarm from the people of Jerusalem. Haggai or Zechariah, great prophets of the day, didn’t even mention that this they need to be “ready” for.

Est 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

The king in Daniel 6:14 was totally distraught at Daniel going into the lion’s den, and he decreed that all in his kingdom would fear the one true God! Where on earth did THIS “Ahaseurus” come from? He doesn’t care at all! He doesn’t honor any god at all, except the god of “chance” when you throw the dice to see which way the wind blows, ahhhh just go have a drink and get ready to party, and make SURE your queen participates in “casting lots”, drinking, and looking REAL pretty in front of all the drunks.

Est 2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

So after he sobered up, he realized that what he had done might not have been the best choice (and he never consulted God).

Est 2:2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

Their relationship was obviously not built upon love, but just superficial things like looks, which is easily replaceable.

Est 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

Purification here, whatever it was, surely required a pile of rituals, “holy” clothes, rites of passage, nothing like the purity that existed naturally in the Shulamite girl portrayed in the Song of Solomon.

Est 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

So being that the king was a dry drunk at this point, relied on those ungodly men to make a decision based solely on beauty only skin deep.

Est 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

First of all, he’s NOT a Jew, he’s a Benjamite. Seems awful careless of the writer here (which is purportedly Mordecai). Mordecai, means a little man, or a worshipper of Mars, strange indeed for a Benjamite.

Est 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

Jeconiah was carried away in 596 BC, and the reign of Ahaseurus is supposed to be Xerxes who reigned in 485 BC. If he was 20 at the carrying away (they took the young men capable of battle in the 2nd siege), then 596-485 = 111 + 20 = 131 years old at the writing here of Esther (and perhaps Older because Xerxes ruled from 485 BC – 465 BC (20 yrs), so Mordecai is anywhere from 131 – 151 years old.

Est 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

So Mordecai (131 yrs old) had a cousin named Esther. How old exactly was this beautiful virgin girl? 130? 120? 90? I mean… really?

Est 2:8 So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Remember the verse with God’s name, said “Give due respect to women”, but they were doing anything but that, judging women on looks alone. Quite shallow compared to the Shulumite Girl of the song of Solomon.

Est 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

More rituals and rites of passage for “purification”! How much of this was required of the beautiful Shulamite girl? None! Because she was already pure, unlike Esther here, she may have been beautiful but not a drop of purity in her.

Est 2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

Mordecai is requiring her to hide her ancestry, which was not to be confused with Judah, she was a Benjamite, but the emanicipation of Judah had already taken place! They had been freed by Cyrus, the first Persian King that defeated Babylon. Why did she need to hide? Perhaps her REAL identity is in question.

Est 2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

Mordecai would have to be a Eunuch to walk in the court of the women.

Est 2:12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

This timeline required to for the women to be “purified” has a ring of evil, being that it was 6 mths + 6 mths, just to get them to smell good. The Shulamite girl was pure right away, none of this “waiting period” business.

Est 2:13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

Each maiden could choose her clothing.

Est 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

This is the house of women that were to be presented to the king. In the Song of Solomon, Solomon sought out the girl by going to where she lived, she was so special, but here the woman is seeking out the king.

Est 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Hegai knew what the king liked, so Esther planned to where his favorite colors and what-not. Here everyone likes Esther, but in the case of the Shulamite girl, no one understood why she was so sought after by the king, and it was mainly because of her inner beauty which is priceless compared to outer beauty.

Est 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

This is equivalent to our Dec – Jan. This was the month of the “winter sabbath”, when the King of Babylon came the 3rd time against Jerusalem.

Est 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

So here we have Vashti the moral queen, getting replaced by one with less morals, willing to be paraded around in front of all the men after a week of drinking. It doesn’t say Esther loved the king at all, how nice of her to deceive the king, nothing like the Shulamite girl who wouldn’t have anyone except her love, her shepherd boy!

Est 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

Esther gets her very own drunken brawl.

Est 2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

What is Mordecai doing in this place? The gate was the place of a judge, but he’s not supposed to be a judge, but a eunuch in the court of the women!

Est 2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Where was her loyalty? Not to her husband, the king, but to her uncle Mordecai, whom she was brought up with him. This means they were very close in age (120?, 131? Years old?)

Est 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Mordecai seems to be sneaking around everywhere, snooping and listening in on peoples conversations.

Est 2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.

So HE sneaks around and overhears some juicy gossip, and SHE sneaks around and tells the king what a great guy Mordecai is to have the king gain trust in the sneaky duo.

Est 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Was it written? Never in history. It wasn’t worth mentioning because it wasn’t ever written at all.

They didn’t do this for God, it wasn’t to protect a prophet or God’s name, but to protect a king with low morals who threw his old queen to the curb because she wouldn’t party with him. I don’t see how this builds credentials in Mordecai’s case.

Esther means a star, and is the same as the goddess Ishtar, which has stolen the identity of Passover and replaced with “Easter”/Esther/Ishtar.

This gives us an indication that this book of Esther may not be actual history, but a story purported to be Biblical in order to inject a new feast called Purim into Christianity, where God never commanded us to observe or celebrate this feast. This book actually shows us exactly how the enemy can try to infiltrate the Holy Word of God. In other words, we can learn how the enemy sneaks in an entire book that was not written by a prophet, nor given the words from God.

The writer begins by impressing us with grand language so as to make us think these are real events, although they aren’t corroborated anywhere in the Bible OR historical writings (like Josephus).

Est 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

The phrase “Now it came to pass” is used in the KJV to specially introduce a highly important event in Scripture. For example, Joshua 10:1 it is used to introduce the day in which the “sun stood still” for Joshua and his army.

It is used in Ruth 1:1 to introduce the great famine in the land.

It is used in Jeremiah 26:8 to mark the great half way point of the prophecy of Jeremiah.

In Ezekiel 1:1 it marks the fabulous vision of the wheel within a wheel that Ezekiel saw in perhaps the most magnificent vision of the whole Bible.

It marks the physical realm and that which can be seen by the eyes of man. This phrase is not used in the Song of Solomon at all because the Song of Solomon is a metaphor for that which is felt in the heart, not seen with the eyes.

Here, we have the introduction used, not for a great act of God, or great prophetic visions or revealtions, but merely to introduce a man. A man who’s title was Ahasuerus (the venerable king).

The title “Ahasuerus” is used (or overused) 29 times in the book of Esther and only ONCE in the Ezra and once in Daniel.

This man was NOT the king of Judah (who held the sceptre to the true kingline), and even though Ahasuerus means “lion king”, he was indeed anything but the true kingline of which the lion of the tribe of Judah is to come. This man was supposed to be a great Persian king, but basically goes un-named. Which is weird that the great venerable king isn’t named.

So this should be an indicator to us that something is amiss with this book. Why does it use this introduction for a man, nothing to do with God Almighty, Who is the only one we venerate. We do not venerate man, especially a pagan who claims to be the “lion king”.

The most prominent king of the line of Judah was Solomon, who was greater than any other king because he ruled all of Israel during the most peaceful period of time, but he is never called “the venerable one”.

In fact, we can really compare this book of Esther with the Song of Solomon (a real king and one to be venerated for all his wisdom).

Est 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Still we don’t have any name for this “venerated king”. It’s kind of redundant to say the king sat upon his throne (that’s what kings do right?), but now we are given the location which is Shushan. Shushan was a well known place in the book of Daniel. Daniel 8:1-3 was in this very palace of Shushan when Daniel had the vision of the prancing He-goat, but not a word of this king or Esther (the great beautiful woman) or Mordecai her cousin.

Est 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

This feast was NOT for the Israelites, and certainly was not ordained by God. It was glorifying the “power” of Persia and Media. We will return to this thought when we study the feast of Purim, and how this is related to Iran today for future events .

Est 1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

That’s over SIX MONTHS of partying. Seems like the words “glorious” and “excellent majesty” don’t really apply to a drunken brawl, but we are building the foundation for the first feast of Purim, which was not holy as we shall see.

Est 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

Daniel should have got an honorable mention here, since he held a high position in the palace, but not mentioned here at all, nor does Daniel mention this king.

Est 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Again, Sounds kind of like the grandeur only applied to Solomon, who had riches like this and buildings with this grandeur, but don’t forgot the color themes mentioned here because they will be re-used for future feasts like Purim.

Est 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

Royalty like this should have made some record in history, at least the kings name! Although this book of Esther is in the Bible, the characters and stories don’t align with the book of Daniel at all. We can see some comparison with the mystery whore of Babylon who also gets drunk on a golden cup of wine.

Est 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

The king seems quite permissive of behaviour in his kingdom. Interesting that later on he gets real restrictive as to their beliefs/behaviour. Remember Jer 35, that the kenites would not drink wine. There is a Greek edition to this, where Esther says she didn’t drink wine at Haman’s table.

Est 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Interesting that this queen is the most beautiful of the venerable king, and neither her nor him is recorded in history, or the venerable kings NAME, something every vain king plasters all over every monument and records in writing any way that he can think of, yet this guy is still “no name”.

Est 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

These people would be the ones to establish the feast of Purim. The foundation here is 7 days of drinking and then to parade a beautiful woman in front of a crowd of very powerful men who were plastered drunk.

Est 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

The phrase “the crown royal” only used in this book. To switch the adjective and verb here in English would make this a figure of speech, where in English we normally would say “the royal crown”, but to add emphasis to the “royalness” of this particular crown the KJV translators applied this figure here. They really want us to be impressed with the great venerable ….[put any name here] KING OF PERSIA!!

Est 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Ishtar/Esther would soon replace the queen who REFUSES to go along with this feast.

Est 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

Who KNEW the “times”???? Don’t we know, the only anser was DANIEL! Hmmmm… where is Daniel….?

Est 1:14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

Just because you slap a number like “seven” to your feast days, and “seven” to your “wise men” doesn’t make you wise, or your holy days holy.

Est 1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

They want to get technical, now?! How about saying the name of the great …. Venerable …. King …. Named what?? Notice that Vashti isn’t cooperating with this pagan feast, she symbolizes those who won’t go along with paganism today, not that she was a Godly woman, but she didn’t go along with the drunken “crown royal”.

Est 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

They want her to go along with the pagan festival (soon to be renamed Purim).

Est 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

They don’t want to let this word get around that the queen challenged the king.

Est 1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

Their conclusion is that they must deal with her and punish her.

Est 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Of course, it isn’t written in history anywhere, because this is a lie. Vashti here is the one who did the RIGHT thing, but she is punished for doing something honorable!

Est 1:20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

This is a clip of the Hebrew text here that shows God’s name written in the text backwards, an acrostic. This is the letters of His name forwards: Y-H-V-H

The message here is that this “great commandment” (not found anywhere written in all of the 127 provinces in all of history) that was given because of Vashti’s disobedience to the drunken brawl is NOT in accordance with God’s law to give respect to the ladies.

Compare this with the Shulamite girl in the Song of Solomon who was given RESPECT by her brothers for being a WALL, where here Vashti refused to take part in the sexual orgy and she was shamed and rebuked.

God is giving His opinion here, He’s saying “This is appalling, and NO I don’t approve of it!”

Est 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

No mention of Daniel’s advice on this. It’s interesting that NOT ONE of them gives a word from the Lord!

Est 1:22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

Interesting that it was written in all these languages and provinces, but we can’t find it even ONCE!

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN IDENTIFY A FAKE STORY, that claims to be of divine origin. If it doesn’t hold enough water to hold up in history when such GREAT CLAIMS are made, then it just isn’t true, plain and simple.

The structure is given in order by SUBJECT.

If we were to read the 5 megallith in order of TIME, then we would read , then we would read Esther first at Purim, which is on March 7th or 8th, then we would read Canticles (Song of Songs) at the first Holy days of the year (Passover).

Then we’d read Ruth, at Pentecost, then Lamentations at the fast of the 5th month, which is our JULY 26/27th, which curiously aligns with the midway point between may – September.

Then Finally Ecclesiastes is read at the Feast of Tabernacles, our Sept/Oct.

Our next book will be the book of Esther, as we study the “feast of Purim”, is it really Biblical? How does this compare to prophecy of today?

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

This means that she wishes he were her brother, because her brothers are always with her and easy to find. It might be a parable for the flesh, where we are born of woman and are temporarily separated from the face of God by the flesh. God’s Elect love Him more than anything and miss being in His presence, where they are not despised by the world. Just like when she had that dream, we also live in this world apart from the companionship of God for a short time.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

The elect are willing to be receive instruction to love their husband better than any girl ever could. This love is not one of rituals and rites of passage…it is pure love pouring from the soul of the heart, figuratively the “juice of the pomegranate”. She will do anything she can to love her husband with every ounce of love she can muster.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Our husband puts us in that special place of love. We know it, we feel him here with us, even in this flesh age, our soul is connected to Him and Him alone, as we can feel His embrace.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

She is charging them, demanding that they pay attention to the time element. Encouraging them to find the truth.

The elect are given a connection with God, like no other, we are in love with Him, and our love for another will not be stirred, we are devoted to Him, and Him alone, as we charge others to do the same.

Daughters of Jerusalem: Son 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?

The daughters of Jerusalem represent the people of the Christian world, who just can’t understand the truth of God’s Word, and what this bond is between God and His elect. Basically, they are Biblically illiterate, thinking that they only need to sit in a church pew every Sunday and that will cause them to earn this great love.
She LEANS upon Him, just like the Elect proclaim “it is written” because they just LOVE it! This is the ONLY mention of the word “leaning” in the Hebrew!

Shepherd: I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

The Shepherd found her under the apple tree, in the beginning of their relationship, and as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end, as the last shall be first, and the first last.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Love is as strong as DEATH. I have been mulling this verse over and over in my mind. I’m thinking that those who LOVE God’s Word are never going to give it up, not even in DEATH because LOVE is as strong as death, and therefore Death cannot be defeated by Love.

Neither can “threatening” done by others to leave God’s Word lead the elect away from God’s Word because they know jealousy is cruel as the grave, and they would never want to create that jealousy between them and God, that is why the girl asks for the “seal” to be placed on the heart and the arm. She doesn’t EVER want the situation to come to that.

Ultimately, separation from God will end in Death, by the consuming flames of God almighty. The word here in Hebrew is actually “flame of God”, and gives us the only end of those who don’t love Him.

The flame of God is that which consumes all evil, but if you are sealed in your mind with God’s truth then your love for Him protects you from the 2nd death, that is implied here.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

God will NEVER force you to love Him. You can’t force someone to love you, even if you pay them. That’s why true love cannot be quenched, and once you fall in love with God, no one can ever turn you away. That seal is there upon your heart and mind, and not even death can steal away your love for God.

Brothers of the Shulamite Girl: Son 8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

The brothers see her as a little girl, and are unsure what will happen when she is old enough to choose a mate. Many people in this world, don’t think of the elect as spiritually mature. It may be because she is physically young, but outward appearance is not a good indication of Spiritual growth. Only God can see the heart.

Brothers of the Shulamite Girl: Son 8:9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

A wall here is symbolic of a virgin girl, and a door is symbolic of one who has already had many lovers. This is speaking spiritually of people who choose the false Messiah in the latter days, they are like the “door” opening themselves to other gospels and words of men contrary to God’s Word. The brothers here are saying that if she isn’t a virgin that they will just “box her off” (an English idiom meaning to close her in, leaving her no more choices, cutting her off from blessings and may also symbolic connote death). The people who choose the false Messiah will experience spiritual death and loss of their blessings and therefore have no choice but to take 1,000 years to learn about the truth in the Millennium.

Satan tries to be like God Who is a great Cedar of Leabonon, but satan is nothing more than a box cedar as it is written in Ezekiel 31:3 where “Assyrian” should be translated teashshur (= a box = tree). Is it not ironic here that the unfaithful girl gets exactly what she wants, the false cedar, a plain old box cedar.

But the pure virgin girl, in love with God’s Word, a WALL of truth, impervious to falsehoods will receive the blessings and have the dowry of a palace of silver to bring to her husband!

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

We are a wall, impervious to false teaching and lies. The Breasts here are compared to towers, which are lookout posts. The milk from these is pure and untainted, no false doctrine there. The Elect also can CLAIM this proudly and firmly withouth doubt.

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Baalhamon is “lord of the mulititude”, or HUSBAND of the multitude! The multitude has vineyards, they have “fruit”, they even have good people, bringing in their dowry 1,000 pieces of silver, but what is that compared to God’s elect? She brings in an entire PALACE of silver! Her love is prized far above what the “husband of the multitude” can do. Ultimately, there will be a false messiah coming to this earth, and he, the teahasher (box cedar) will be THEIR husband! They will put on quite a show of pretty silver and fruit and vineyards, but the elect are NOT FOOLED by all this chicanery, all this show of “pretties”. Note what the girl says about it:

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

She is not impressed by the chicanery of false religions, or even the false Christ! She KNOWS the truth, she IS a wall, she KNOWS what is hers, and Who her fruit is for, that is to say the TRUE Messiah. She has this vineyard within her sight, she knows it to be true, and no one can separate her from the love of God, for LOVE is as powerful as DEATH!

Remember how she is described in the last chapter? She LOOKS at Damascus (the fruitful field) and owns it.

Her exuding confidence is admired by the Shepherd, who utters but one sentence to reinforce her confidence and her love, and His conclusion is very clear, i.e. “Good job, honey!”

Shepherd: Son 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

She has stated that she is a wall, and He says “YES you are! Now go tell it like it is!”. There are a few women in the Bible who have also shown this kind of pride and confidence IN THEIR SPEECH. One notable example is Hannah (I Samuel 2:1-10), a speech so highly regarded that Mary recited it word for word in the New Testament. Ponder THESE things in your heart Beloved, the TRUE word of God, Love as strong as DEATH! Never going to give God’s Word up!

Shulamite Girl: Son 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

This is our prayer to our HUSBAND (Isaiah 54:5), make haste! Come to us Father, our Husband, for your WORD confirms that you are the ONE God, Christ in the flesh walked among us, and ONE IN WORD.

Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

The Living Water is Christ, our HUSBAND, the ONE God, testified in His Word, as our redeemer , our Husband. Don’t fall for the other husband coming to fool the mulititudes with his fruitful vineyards and piles of silver, for jealousy is as cruel as the grave, which leads to the second death, death by the fire of God.

“vehement flame” shal-heh’-beth-YAH, “Flame of God”

From the same as H3851 with sibilant prefixed; a flare of fire:

The Shepherd STAFF, which represents AUTHORITY, is ascribed to the ONLY ONE who deserves it, the Shepherd in this story and our husband GOD ALMIGHTY. Authority is INSIDE this ONE Shepherd, our redeemer AND our God. THIRST here is appropriate because those who are “thirsty” and therefore dry, will be consumed by the flame, but those who are satiated by the LIVING WATER are comfortably resting in the LOVE of the heat/flame of passion. They have that water and therefore also have the understanding and wisdom that comes with that LIVING WATER, and hence eternal life with the flame of love.

LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH….

1 Cor 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Solomon: Son 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

“Cunning” meaning perfectly made! She is perfect because her word is that that is written (as in Rom 10:15), that beautiful gospel, that beautiful message that brings the true love of God, Who not only SAVED us (as Christ) but ALSO reigns as GOD! This message that SHE preaches is the most beautiful message of love possible, carefully planned by God Himself.

Isa_52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

Rom_10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Solomon: Son 7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

The navel is our infant connection to our Father. The word liquor is actually “mixture”, and in our connection to our Father, we do NOT mix it with traditions of men, or their own prophesies out of their own heart. She wouldn’t dare such a thing! The belly is the place where we digest God’s Word, there you can see the good fruit, not just any fruit, but edible delicious good fruit. It is naturally a beautiful thing to see, like looking at flowers in all their complexity and fragrant beauty, the doctrine of God’s elect emanates this and more!

Solomon: Son 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

We see her DOUBLE blessing of grace & knowledge, the divine formula of Revelation. The milk is the word of God flowing into young hearts and minds without any pressure or force whatsoever, its simple and sweet, easily digested.

Solomon: Son 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon [stronghold], by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

This is the righteous version of the statue of Daniel’s vision, and just as the statue stood for nations, the woman here is the nation of God’s elect to be born in a day (Isaiah 66:8). Her strength, is as a warrior looking toward the battle, holding her head high and knowing that she will not be defeated. Bathrabbim means the daughter of abundance, and this girl is obviously abundantly blessed and she knows it.

Ever hear the phrase “look down her nose at”, which basically indicates the looker thinks a LOT of themselves, even better than others, although this is given in a POSITIVE sense, meaning she is really confident in an attractive way.

Damascus is was known as a fertile plain, and the gaze of the confident woman upon Damascus is one of ownership. We even see that Paul was converted in this very location, with which this woman is portrayed as already having the abundance of fruit and truth which is connected with this ancient location. Since we have the word Bathrabbim, the daughter of abundance, we see this meaning bearing itself as truth.

This is concluded by the concept of Heshbon, the stronghold in English. This woman’s feet are firmly planted in the stronghold of truth and knowledge. Solomon being the wisest man ever, acknowledges her strength giving her a picturesque description unknown to any other woman of Scripture.

Solomon: Son 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

(from Wesley’s commentary) “Carmel – Eminent and pleasant to the eye, and fruitful as mount Carmel was. Which may denote that her mind was replenished with knowledge, and other excellent gifts of the Holy Spirit.”

Carmel is also connected to the great display of God’s mighty power for Elijah. The one prophet who was promised to return before the great and mighty Day of the Lord.

She is the mighty woman of God, with the prophetic power endowed upon her, her “crown” emanates royalty, which is symbolized by the color purple.

The King here is Solomon, but pictures our Father in heaven as He is captivated by His Wife/Bride.

Solomon: Son 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

God sees His elect as perfect, their repentant sins are covered over by the blood of Christ, and there is only one emotion toward her, that is love.

Even among lovers, she is the best of them all, most delightful!

Solomon: Son 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

Stature is a quality of a strong independent person, but still with the feminine side, lovingly giving the fruits of God’s precious word.

Solomon: Son 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

The Heavenly Father loves God’s Elect tremendously. One day He will marry her, as it is written in Revelation.

Solomon: Son 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

The roof of the mouth is symbolic for what is said, and her words cause those who are asleep to AWAKE! Son 4:16

This is the whole purpose for God’s elect upon the earth, to speak the Word of God, and wake up those who are asleep.

Shulamite Girl: Son 7:10 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

No other lover has an opportunity with her, she is sealed for that ONE Shepherd.

Shulamite Girl: Son 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

The field is the world, and she vows to take the truth to the world.

Shulamite Girl: Son 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Let us see that our work produces fruit that is worth something that we are doing a good job, watching out for foxes trying to spoil the crop.

Shulamite Girl: Son 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

I have reserved myself, and waited for you dear Shepherd. All your words in the new and old Testament (metaphorically speaking) I have kept them in my heart (as the Psalmist speaks of) because I LOVE THEM (the words) and I love you (the speaker of those words,i.e. the Shepherd). Because Jesus IS the living Word!

Court Ladies: Son 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

If others could see and hear our Messiah as we see and hear Him, then they would seek to know Him as their own beloved.

Shulamite Girl: Son 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

She calls Him her “beloved”, a deeply personal relationship. He tends the lillies and gathers them from among the thorns.

Shulamite Girl: Son 6:3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

There is no mediator between us and God, our husband. We are connected in the personal face to face bond that lovers know so well.

Solomon: Son 6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Tirzah means delightful, and terrible is awe-inspiring.

Solomon: Son 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Her love is asphyxiating. It’s hard to understand how simple it really is. When we see God’s Word, with the eyes of the dove, and understand His love for us and His Divine plan of Salvation, that is all He desires for us to do. In that simple, yet devoted act of love, we have metaphorically stolen His heart, just like lovers do.

The hair, symbolic of the fruit of knowledge, is flowing and beautiful. It is the proof and evidence of that knowledge.

Even though this is Solomon, the King, we see that her devotion is evident to all who look at her.

Solomon: Son 6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Every part of her head is being examined by Solomon. Her productivity is noticed by not only her lover, but also by the highest position in the land, the King.

Her efforts to understand God’s Word yield the fruit of the womb, never barren. Teeth are shown when you speak, and when she speaks, many fruitful wonderful truths come from her mouth.

Solomon: Son 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

Pomegranate were rosy, and her cheeks showed the flush color of fervent love, even though it wasn’t for Solomon. She gets excited to think about the Shepherd, and such devotion was so memorable that it was noticed by the King himself. God notices when we work hard at reading the Bible, to learn of Him.

Solomon: Son 6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Just like the elect, the number of those who love the LORD and read His word is very small. There is only ONE Shulamite girl and thousands of those who aren’t devoted.

Solomon: Son 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

The Shulamite Girl, symbolic of God’s elect, undefiled, pure in their doctrine and love for our husband and His Holy word.

She is praised by everyone not rebuked! She is undefiled and it is obvious.

Solomon: Son 6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

She is awe inspiring and impressive. An army is impressive because its under orders and marching, just like her, she’s got it all together!

Shulamite Girl: Son 6:11 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.

Like this girl, God’s elect have EYES to SEE. She has dove’s eyes, the eyes that see that which the Holy Spirit reveals. Jesus is our Vine (John 15:1) NOT SOME MAN, men are so weak, they don’t “flourish” their words fall flat and short of anything resembling common sense even! Men are like wimpy vines that can’t hold a single thing up, not any doctrine or truth, men are weak. The vine of man, not yielding any good thing is totally useless (Ezekiel 15:2-3)

Shulamite Girl: Son 6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

The true vine of Christ Yashua, when she partook of that divine truth, she desired Him all the more! Her love is devout and unrelenting. The chariots are magnificent components to war, and Amminadib was noted for the swiftness of his chariot. When she hears His voice or sees the love he has for her, then her heart is “swift” or in our modern tongue, it “skips a beat”!

Amminadib means “a people” huddled together! These are the elect of course, awaiting the return of their Husband. They are united in their LOVE and solidarity for Him and His WORD, a second witness is provided:

See Amos 3:2, how is it that the elect are so united, yet separated by physical elements, geography,and even nations? How do they do it!! The answer:

Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth His secret unto his servants the prophets.

Amo 3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

God reveals His secrets to His lover, the elect who READ it. Simple! Once we read it, how can we be quiet? Really!? We just heard the Lion of the tribe of Judah ROAR! How can we ignore that? It can’t be ignored, and obviously the elect hear HIM, and that’s how they walk together!

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

Two armies in the hebrew tongue is Menahim, Gen 32:2, where Jacob and Esau would meet.

Gen 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

The place of TWO different hosts, one chosen (Jacob), one rejected by God (Esau) when he rejected his God given heritage.

But, even though Esau did what he did, if he follows God’s true voice, then these two armies can be brought together and reunited in love, that is for God’s Word, and even these TWO former enemies can walk together in love of God’s Word.

Shepherd: Son 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat,

Women of Jerusalem: O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

The emphasis here, is that the treasures and fruits of her labor is being enjoyed by the Shepherd, and he brings the wine and milk as a gift for her to enjoy.

The women of Jerusalem encourage their love, ultimately all of the elect will join together in the final bridal ceremony, encouraging each other.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

She is dreaming here, about her love. Dew is one of the purest waters that falls at night. Figuratively, this can be understood as protection, and our Father is our Dew, others however, who reject this word are not covered by Him as Zedekiah chose a man (his grandfather in law) to be his “dew” (Jer 52:1) as we see hidden in the name of his mother Hamutal (akin to the dew).

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

In this day, all they had were sandals to cover their feet, and they naturally got quite dirty. We know that Jesus washed the feet of the disciples in the new testament, He is the only one who can cleanse us of our sins and defilements.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

As the elect, wait for Him in this age, as if this life were a bad dream, where our feet get dirty, but He is able to cleanse us, and come for us. We long so much to see His face and have Him open His arms to us.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

The church of Smyrna actually means myrrh. Before Christ arrives His elect will drip with the myrrh of His truth and witness for Him.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

This age we live in and especially the coming tribulation of satan will be a dark time for the elect because the One they love is not here yet (speaking of the 2nd advent).

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

This, I believe, is prophetic of the time when satan will cause the elect to be stripped from their wedding veil, given that the wrong bridegroom, the false bridegroom has arrived.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

We long for Him. We ask “how long Father?” When will you meet us? That’s really a very normal way to feel, when you are in love.

The Court ladies: Son 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

The comparison here is that the Shepherd is Christ Yashua and He gives us the gift that no one else can give, Eternal life, living water, the bread of truth. The Elect today give the same charge.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

She might as well have said, that He is priceless, and that NO OTHER can ever compare or love any greater. This is why His Word is like no other, it has the unique stamp of divinity that no other could deliver, Indeed the chiefest of ten thousand.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

In your head is your brain, and the wisdom retained therein, in this beloved is pure perfection, not hidden or dark from her eyes, but the eyes of the dove (the Holy Spirit) reveal the wisdom inside the head of God, where it is MOST FINE. The hair is full of health that the Shepherd maintains, in His perfection, the growth of hair thereof also reveals to her the perfection of him.

The Word for “MOST” in Hebrew is Kawtham, and comes from the root meaning to engrave. His Words are engraved upon her heart, as valuable as gold.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

The dove coos, and communicates love just by hearing their call. This is how our husband communicates with us, His elect, as a dove coos into a pool of water, and upon His voice the bride leaps with joy. The gaze of a lover is one of the most precious parts of love, and His gaze is fixed upon her because of her adoring love. God feels like this about His elect.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

What then shall we compare the words of our lover? To a lily? How delicate and intricately designed are the lillies? Every detail of God’s Word is placed there with precision and purpose. A bed is a place of rest and peace, and here in Him she finds perfect peace with touches of adoration on top. If you take the most beautiful thing you can see, a flower, and the most delicious thing you can taste, and combine them, then you have a full description of His Words of love upon her, the elect of our day.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Just like a lover, she examines Him from head to toe. The elect today examine His Word from head to toe also, and they discover beautiful messages engraved within metaphors and interlaced with historical analogies. They are pure like ivory on a wedding day, and embedded with Green sapphires to catch her breath in total awe.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

This is a reflection of His Word. His Word is as strong as marble, even lasting the test of time itself, untarnished by man, revealing His very countenance upon His face when you look upon Him, you see eternity itself, which is exactly what the Word of God reveals to us, the way to eternal love with our Saviour.

Shulamite Girl: Son 5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

This is why I want to be with Him. This is what sets Him apart from ten thousand. His Words are timeless, they retain His beauty, they reveal His eternal character, and when you absorb all of these characteristics and understand the depth of His love, then you too will fall into deep love, and His Words will be Sweet in your mouth (as in Son 2:3).

Shepherd: Son 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

This is the Shepherd showing us HIS FEELINGS. These are written for all to read. He doesn’t upbraid her! He adores her! Her eyes, the window to the soul, are dove’s eyes, which means she sees the words of the Holy Spirit. The flock is the hair of the goats that shines and bounces in the wind, and this beautiful woman who has DOVE’s eyes, also shines everywhere she goes.

Shepherd: Son 4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

The Sheep are the direct work of HER hands! When she studies God’s Word it bears forth fruit like a pregnant woman because the word of God is pregnant and beautiful!

Shepherd: Son 4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Her speech is comely, or beautiful, meaning her Words are pure truth!

Shepherd: Son 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

This woman is STRONG, she knows it, and wears it proudly. Her spirit is strong because those words of truth seen with dove’s eyes have pierced her soul and gave her more strength than a whole army! The LORD sees you today, like this, perfect.

Shepherd: Son 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

The breasts are imagery that relay softness & nurturing. God gives His elect knowledge and truth that FEEDS the people. God’s Elect have these qualities given to them by God.

Shepherd: Son 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

This represents the desire that the Shepherd has for His lovely woman with dove’s eye, seeing the truth; He desires to be with her after a long days’ labor.

Shepherd: Son 4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

This is the way God wants you to be. Don’t doubt God’s Word, it’s a blemish that shows up. Never doubt HIM, and you will be PERFECT in His eyes.

Shepherd: Son 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Lebanon refers to the Cedars of Lebanon (a place of eternity). Amana (a covenant) alludes to the marriage covenant. Shenir means “snow”, the only source of nitrogen except for lightening, and Hermon means peak. God is able to take care of you forever, and provide anything you might need, even something rare and only found in the strength and power of lightning or snow, both unique to God’s creation and not repeated by man. NO MAN can bring you this love.

Shepherd: Son 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Just a glance an you stole HIS heart. This is the way He sees you, His elect, when you have dove’s eyes and see and hear His truth! Chains are symbolic of the treasures you’ve found with your dove eyes in His word! You find them, like jewels and portray them upon your neck like pearls, and Father LOVES them! Because they are a symbol of His love!

Shepherd: Son 4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Your love for your heavenly husband does not go unnoticed! Don’t forget to tell Him how much you love Him. The smell of her ointments (remember the spikenard, the religious beliefs) is better than ALL spices!

Shepherd: Son 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

The land promise, Jerusalem, was originally called the land of milk and honey. That covenant was broken by her inhabitants, and they were cast out of the land, but now, God’s elect in the last generation will finally produce the firstfruits of the land and give the Shepherd what He has longed for from them for so long. She will shine like a beacon, His Holy Word with the eyes of the dove.

The garments symbolize the righteous acts that the elect wear as robes of righteousness that are seen when Christ returns to rule for eternity, which the Cedars of Lebanon represent (eternity).

Shepherd: Son 4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

The fountain of truth is sealed up in her forehead, and she produces as those pleasant things that a wise student of God’s Word can produce simply by being obedient and following His word with the devotion of a love-sick girl.

Shepherd: Son 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

The analogy here is being expanded from her mere looks to that which she produces, and that being an “orchard” of paradise, she is the object of His love, and she is a woman. The Divine one pictures the elect as a woman, strong as an army of men, and as productive as the virtuous woman of Prov 31.

Shepherd: Son 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

This girl has everything she NEEDS to prepare herself for her husband. Spiritually, this means she has the words of truth before her eyes, and her doves’ eyes allow her to read them with understanding and apply their sweet savor to her mind, as in Son 2:3 she willingly eats the Word like Jeremiah did in Jer 15:16-17, and Ezekiel and John the divine. This brings even more love from the Shepherd who sees His gifts are well received.

Shepherd: Son 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

The living waters come from the Shulamite Girl because they originally came from God (the cedar of Lebanon):

Hos 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

Hos 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Shulamite Girl: Son 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

That the pollen of the plant may be pollinated and be fruitful! The Spirit of God breathed through His Word does pollinate our plants!

Awake, Awake, she says to the NORTH wind. This is interesting to see a WOMAN demanding that wind of prophecy to come upon her garden! She’s not the first woman to do so:

Jdg_5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song:

Deborah was actually “uttering a song” of victory over her enemies, much like the song of Moses was sung and the song of the redeemed in Revelation.

She pictures the elect as they sing the song of victory and “Awake” the masses to the Truth, when the Holy Spirit utters through them, even the gainsayers will not be able to speak.

Taken prophetically, the elect are the ones who (as this woman) ask the Father’s Holy Spirit of truth to pour upon the their garden and pollinate their seeds of truth.