14 Simon
has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. A REFERENCE TO THE CLOSE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP YHWH OUR GOD WANTS TO HAVE WITH US...A WIFE (NORMALLY) TAKES ON THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND!
THIS
IS THE FOUNDATION OF DISCIPLESHIP…NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ANYONE OF US THAN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. IF WE LOVE HIM, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS (John 15:10). IF WE LOVE HIM, AND WE UNDERSTAND HIS LOVE FOR US, NOTHING
CAN SEPARATE US…NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS, OR THINGS PRESENT….ROMANS 8:38-39
SO MANY PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED OR LOSE INTEREST IN THEIR JOURNEY WITH GOD BECAUSE THEY NEVER GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO JESUS (YESHUA)…OUR
HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM.
THE SONG OF SOLOMON IS A WONDERFUL ALLEGORY THAT SPEAKS OF THE MUTUAL LOVE BETWEEN OUR HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM AND THE BRIDE (THE CHURCH)...SEE THE "WEDDING CUSTOMS" STUDY FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY ON THIS BOOK.