My hope is that this series will offer my readers a chance to consider the names, characteristics and descriptions of our God in the Word.
The remaining Names of God in this series might be considered descriptors, or characteristics of the Lord. We have reviewed the three primary Names of God, along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
The Word is truly rich with descriptions of the Living God, and this effort of searching in the Word was quite illuminating. He truly is the ultimate subject of the Word, and His revelation of self-descriptions, or the accolades offered Him by His priests, prophets, kings apostles and faithful truly is a blessing.
May the Name of the Lord be praised, and by thinking on His name, may you have a blessed day.
| 98 |
| DESIRE FOR THE BRIDE |
| Song of Songs 7:10 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. |
| This is our second of three names that includes the term desire, and though the verse uses the object pronoun “me”, it is clear the intent of the verse is describing the beloved’s desire for the bride. Understanding that the Song of Songs is a picture of Christ and the church, we have a name of God, though veiled, describes the very motivation of His will and actions towards His people. As believers, we have been rightly taught of the great love He has, of His mercy, of His faithfulness, and of His longsuffering towards us, but it seems in my mind, to have this modifier of “desire” towards His church adds an aspect of His nature that I seemed to have missed. The term desire is tᵊšûqâ in the Hebrew, and it speaks of a craving, or longing of a man for a woman. One time in the Old Testament, the term is used of the craving of a beast to devour, as in Genesis 4:7, when God describes the desire of the beast of sin to engulf the first murderer. If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it. The craving is not a simple drive to attain a goal, but would I be right in understanding this desire to be all consuming? For a beast to devour, or for man towards his wife, or a wife to her husband, each of these desires describe a focus, an all consuming longing that obliterates other desires. The heart of the one desiring is totally concentrated on the object/person desired. This is the desire the Beloved has for His bride, the church. |
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Thank you for sharing these insights into the names and characteristics of God. Your exploration of the term “desire” as it appears in the Song of Songs is both enlightening and inspiring. It’s striking to consider how the word “desire” conveys such a deep, consuming passion from God towards His people.
May we continually reflect on and appreciate this consuming desire of God for His people, and may it inspire us to respond with a deeper love and commitment in our own lives.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:16
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:32
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Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Revelation 19:7
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