Song of Solomon 8

Solomon 8:1-14 .

1. He had been a brother already. Why, then, this prayer here? It refers to the time after His resurrection, when the previous outward intimacy with Him was no longer allowed, but it was implied it should be renewed at the second coming ( John 20:17 ). For this the Church here prays; meanwhile she enjoys inward spiritual communion with Him. The last who ever "kissed" Jesus Christ on earth was the traitor Judas. The bride's return with the King to her mother's house answers to Acts 8:25 , after the mission to Samaria. The rest spoken of ( Solomon 8:4 ) answers to Acts 9:31 .
that sucked . . . mother--a brother born of the same mother; the closest tie.

2. Her desire to bring Him into her home circle ( John 1:41 ).
who would instruct me--rather, "thou wouldest instruct me," namely, how I might best please thee ( Isaiah 11:2 Isaiah 11:3 , 50:4 , Luke 12:12 , John 14:26 , 16:13 ).
spiced wine--seasoned with aromatic perfumes. Jesus Christ ought to have our choicest gifts. Spices are never introduced in the song in His absence; therefore the time of His return from "the mountain of spices" ( Solomon 8:14 ) is contemplated. The cup of betrothal was given by Him at the last supper; the cup or marriage shall be presented by her at His return ( Matthew 26:29 ). Till then the believer often cannot feel towards, or speak of, Him as he would wish.

3, 4. The "left and right hand," &c., occurred only once actually ( Solomon 2:6 ), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church palpably embrace Him; at His second coming there shall be again sensible communion with Him. The rest in Solomon 8:4 , which is a spiritual realization of the wish in Solomon 8:3 ( 1 Peter 1:8 ), and the charge not to disturb it, close the first, second, and fourth canticles; not the third, as the bridegroom there takes charge Himself; nor the fifth, as, if repose formed its close, we might mistake the present state for our rest. The broken, longing close, like that of the whole Bible ( Revelation 22:20 ), reminds us we are to be waiting for a Saviour to come. On "daughters of Jerusalem,"

CANTICLE V.--( Solomon 8:5-14 )--FROM THE CALL OF THE GENTILES TO THE CLOSE OF REVELATION.