ENCOUNTERING JESUS IN THE GREATEST PROPHETIC SONG
I. REVEALING THE PATTERN OF JOHN 17:26
A. In Song, the Holy Spirit records the principles necessary in the progression involved in growing into full passion
for Jesus.
1. This book sets forth a divine pattern of growing in holy passion. It is a perfect pattern given by a Holy Spirit love
song. It cannot be improved upon. My interpretation and your interpretation can be improved upon, but this book is
the perfect transcript from God’s soul as to the pattern of maturity and the progression into passion.
2. It sets forth divine principles of spiritual maturity
3. This book helps us to understand our spiritual progress with great clarity.
B. This song reveals the divine pattern for the progression of holy passion. It touches all the significant themes
within the whole council of God that are necessary in the process for developing passion for Jesus.
1. It is an unbroken love song that continues for over eight chapters growing progressively into mature passion.
2. All the major principals essential to being trained and prepared in spiritual maturity are clearly set forth in the
Song of Solomon.
3. The order and sequence of the progression is magnificent.
C. Understanding is a fountain of life (Proverbs 16:22). The pattern of the book will help us locate and identify the
issues that God is specifically dealing with in our lives.
1. Song of Solomon helps us realize that He is dealing with all of us with the exact same principles. On the other
hand, there are different applications because we all have different needs in our heart.
2. God uses the same principles to train each of us. When we discover the pressures and trials of life we experience
are common to all of God’s people, then we don’t feel quite so isolated.
3. We will also be better equipped to discern the seasons of our lives in this pattern and the resulting knowledge aids
us in our progression to spiritual maturity.
4. People often will find themselves in two different places in this Song during the same time frame. In different
seasons of our life, we will go back and forth to different places of testing or blessing described throughout this Song.
II. THE EIGHT REVELATIONS OF JESUS IN THE SONG
A. Jesus reveals eight different facets of His personality in the Song. Each one reveals a unique aspect of His
relationship with the Bride.
B. Isaiah declares the wonder and beauty of Jesus in four different names – Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of
Peace, Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). Each name speaks of a unique way that Jesus relates to us. Every time that
God names Himself, He is giving a revelation of how He wants to relate to us. Thus, every title gives us a powerful
devotional truth.
C. The Cherubim (Ezekiel 1) and Seraphim (Revelation 4) are two distinct groups of the highest, most exalted
beings around the throne of God. Each group shows forth four different faces that reveal the beauty of God. The face
of a man, a lion, a calf (or oxen) and flying eagle. Each reveals different facets of the beauty of Jesus. Both groups are
called four living creatures.
D. An examination of the eight revelations of the beauty of Jesus in the Song:
1. When integrating the four names of Jesus in Isaiah 9 with the four faces of the living creatures we discover they
are all reflected and expressed in the eight faces of Jesus presented in the Song.
a. The four names of Jesus in Isaiah 9:6 are Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace.
b. The four faces of the living creatures in Ezekiel 1:10 and Revelation 4:7 are: face of a man, lion, calf, and that of an
eagle.
2. The eight faces of Jesus in Song of Solomon are as follows:
a. The Counseling Shepherd (1:8)
b. The Affectionate Father (1:12-2:6)
c. The Sovereign King (2:8, 9)
d. The Safe Savior (3:6-8)
e. The Heavenly Bridegroom (4:1-15)
f. The Suffering Servant (5:2)
g. The Majestic God (5:10-16)
h. The Consuming Fire (8:6-7)
E. Face of an Oxen as the Wonderful Counselor and Suffering Servant (1:8-11 and 5:2-7)
1. Counseling Shepherd serves the Bride (1:7-11)
2. Suffering Servant calls the Bride to join Him (5:2-7)
F. Face of a Lion as the Prince of Peace and Sovereign King (2:8-9 and 3:6-11)
1. Sovereign King (2:8-9). Note language of authority over all mountains, etc.
2. Safe Savior (3:6-11). He is the Heavenly Prince whose government brings peace, safety and security to the
Bride. Note language of protection (discipline and safety)
G. Face of a Man as the Heavenly Bridegroom expressing the heart of the Everlasting Father (1:12-2:7; 4:1-5:1)
1. Heart of the Father (1:12-2:7) Affectionate Father grants her the assurance of enjoyment. Note the language of
the Father bringing her to the banqueting table. (Luke 15:20) in His embrace (2:6)
2. Heavenly Bridegroom. Most prominent revelation in Song (4:1-15; 6:4-5). Note language of bridal affection.
3. There are two distinct expressions of the Heavenly Bridegroom in chapter 4:
a. The Prophetic Heat of the Heavenly Bridegroom (4:1-5)
b. The Ravished Heart of the Heavenly Bridegroom (4:8-15)
H. Face of an Eagle as the Mighty God and the Consuming Fire (5:10-16; 8:6-7)
1. The Majestic God (Song 5:10-16). Note language of splendor and awe.
2. The Consuming Fire (8:6-7 and Deuteronomy 4:24). Consuming Fire of a Jealous God (8:5-7). Note language
of fiery supernatural love.
III. THE GREATEST PROPHETIC SONG
“The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.” (Song 1:1)
A. “The Song of Songs”
1. Solomon wrote 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32). He was a very prolific and gifted songwriter. This is his best song,
thus referred to as the Song of Songs. This expresses the superlative as Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of
lords who dwells in the Holy of Holies.
a. These biblical phrases express the superlative. Solomon in Ecclesiastes talks about the vanity of vanities. This
phrase denotes the highest superlative possible.
b. When Solomon describes this song as the Song of Songs, it conveys in the Hebrew language, the Highest of the
Highest. There’s no song higher than the Song of all songs. The Holy Spirit puts it on par with King of kings, Lord of
lords, Holy of Holies.
2. This Song is named with the highest honor. I believe it is the greatest song ever penned by the redeemed in all
redemptive history. Therefore I believe it is the greatest prophetic song given to the church age.
3. There are 23 songs/prayers in Revelation. At least ten of them can be considered songs. They are the “top ten
of heaven”.
B. The purpose of prophetic songs is to reveal the fresh heart of Jesus. These songs speak of the beauty, splendor
and majesty of His personality. John said, “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10)
1. Jesus has a testimony that He wants proclaimed to the nations. This testimony reveals what He is thinking,
feeling and doing in the past, present and future. In God’s economy these are all unified in the eternal present tense.
C. The end-time saints are pictured as standing around the throne of God on the sea of glass like crystal, singing
two songs. The saints come off of the final assault of satan in victory as they are standing in this great climatic hour of
history; they sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb.
“And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast …
standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song
of the Lamb …” (Revelation 15:2-3)
1. The song of Moses is recorded in the bible (Exodus 15:1-21; Deuteronomy 31:30-32:47)
2. They were martyred, but they were victorious. This reveals their undying love which was greater than anything
they loved on the earth. This did not mean that they avoided martyrdom. They were victorious in that they did not
lose
their love in the midst of martyrdom.
3. The Holy Spirit is on the sea of glass like fire inspiring and empowering the saints to extravagantly worship.
Their worship is mingled with flaming fire, which is the very power of God Himself inspiring their worship on the sea of
glass like crystal.
D. Jesus, the Lamb of God, has a song called the Lamb’s song.
1. Jesus is the Word of God made flesh and His Name is called “The Word of God”. (John 1:1, 14 and
Revelation 19:13).
E. Jesus sings many different songs over His church through people inspired by the Holy Spirit. Jesus said to the
Father, “I will declare Your name to My brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You”. (Hebrews 2;12)
1. This passage was written for the New Testament church. It gives insight into the fact that Jesus sings in the midst
of the Spirit led congregation.
2. How is it that Jesus sings to the Church?
a. Firstly, He will sing directly to His brethren.
b. Secondly, He will sing of the heart of God – things that bring focused praise to God.
c. Thirdly, He sings it in the midst of the congregation of God’s people.
3. How does Jesus sing in the midst of the congregation?
a. One way is through spontaneous prophetic songs. In other words the Holy Spirit inspires a person to sing
the word of God in the form of a spontaneous song.
b. Another way is through the use of a solo written ahead of time etc.
4. The Son of God has many songs He sings in the midst of the congregation over His people.
F. Jesus washes His Bride with the word of God using Genesis to Revelation. Paul the apostle described Jesus’
use of the scripture (specifically referring to the Old Testament scriptures) to sanctify His bride – “that He might sanctify
and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word”. (Ephesians 5:26)
G. Since Jesus’ primary agent of cleansing is the scripture and since he described himself as singing over the people
to the Father (Hebrews 2:12) then the following must be considered. How much more will Jesus use the “song of all
songs” to cherish and romance His beloved people, especially at the end of the age?
IV. THE UNIQUE FOCUS OF THIS SONG
A. The general purpose of this book is to fully capture people’s heart by the greatest prophetic song ever.
However there are several very clear unique distinctives related to the Song.
1. A condensed revelation of the passionate affections in Jesus’ personality including His enjoyment and affection
for weak yet sincere believers.
2. Insight into the beauty of Jesus specifically as a Bridegroom King.
3. The revelation of the unique beauty and loveliness of the individual believer.
4. The revelation of the honor and beauty of the corporate church through history.
5. The principles related specifically to growing in the first commandment and mature bridal partnership with Jesus.
B. Though the Song does not teach us anything that is not said in many other places in the bible, its uniqueness is
found in how focused and concentrated these truths are presented. This concentration creates an intensity of these
subjects that is nowhere else in the bible.
C. Our soul comprises many different emotional aspects. Certain aspects of our heart can only be touched through
divine poetic romance. We were created in such a way that the divine poetic romantic language of love touches a deep
part of our makeup that other aspects of God’s truth do not touch in the same way.
D. Part of our being was created to respond best to this concentrated revelation of His passion. Other parts of
our human makeup respond to other benefits of the cross which are also wonderful foundational doctrines that we
never outgrow.
E. God wants to touch our whole heart. Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord God with a whole heart” (Matthew 22:37).
The whole heart is like a diamond that has many different angles. It is as if He is shooting a holy laser beam of the
revelation of His passionate affection into us.
1. The idea that Jesus has strong and deep emotions of desire for people on the earth seems unrealistic and
impossible. The idea of Jesus possessing such diversity of emotion is so difficult for some of us. Only a diet of pure
undiluted concentrate will heal the emotional damage of some. Some can only imagine an aloof God who does not
get emotionally involved unless we sin. Yet, we need to consider that the reason we have such strong and diverse
emotions is because He has them.
2. We are so used to viewing God through only one lens. It is sometimes takes hard work and effort to renew our
minds to the truth of Jesus.
V. THE THREE-FOLD INHERITANCE – PSALM 2:11-12
A. Psalm 2 is a famous messianic Psalm. In verses 7-9 David describes Jesus/ prayer for His inheritance. Then
in Psalm 2:11-12 David describes Jesus’ three-fold inheritance: as a people that would tremble, rejoice and kiss the
Son of God. This is one of the most concise and clear descriptions of the heart of the mature bride.
B. Three sides of our redemption:
1. Trembling – We tremble by seeing the eternal majesty and splendor of Jesus as a Bridegroom, King and Judge.
When we see these truths we tremble before Him. The majestic trembling dimension to our redemption is very significant
side to our redemption.
2. Rejoicing – We rejoice by seeing who we are in Christ and as we understand the legal and practical side of
our redemption. We rejoice in discovering the benefits of the cross as we flow in our gifts while serving in the community
of God.
3. Kissing – There is the emotional and passionate side of our redemption where our hearts are enflamed by His
beauty as we are empowered to fulfill the first commandment.
C. Three significant books of the bible that focus on these three sides of our redemption:
1. Revelation – the majestic eternal side that causes us to tremble before our eternal God.
2. Romans – the legal practical side that causes us to rejoice in our benefits.
3. Song of Solomon – the passionate emotional side: that empowers us to restore the first commandment to
first place.