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SESSION 14 : Song of Songs Chapter 6:1-7 (TPT)

5 Turn your eyes from me; I can’t take it anymore! I can’t resist the

passion of these eyes that I adore. Overpowered by a glance, my
ravished heart-undone. Held captive by your love, I am truly overcome!

For your undying devotion to me is the most yielded sacrifice.

6 The shining of your spirit shows how you have taken my truth to

become balanced and complete.

7 Your beautiful blushing cheeks reveal how real your passion is for
me, even hidden behind your veil of humility.
W
e have just left the latter part of Chapter 5, where the
Shulamite was remembering and recalling the perfection

and beauty of her Bridegroom King.

After this passionate exaltation, the brides-to-be—who earlier on in the
Song had asked who this person was that had stolen her heart (5:9)—

now expressed the desire to see Him for themselves. This is reminiscent
of the dialogue Philip had with Jesus in John 14:8–9 (NIV):

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been

among you for such a long time? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the

Father.”

Can you see how they had seen, springing forth from the depths of this

maiden, an increasing image of Christ? And it had stirred them so
deeply that they now long for Him themselves. It is almost as if, when

the Shulamite began to talk and reminisce about her Beloved and the

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