“Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” (Song of Solomon 4:7)
The book in the Bible called Song of Solomon is Solomon’s account of a husband and his bride and their love for each other. It’s included in the Bible because although it’s a very natural love story of a husband and his bride, it allegorically tells of the love that Jesus has for His bride, the church and the love that the church has for Jesus. At first read, it’s a love story. But if one meditates on it, one sees the spiritual relationship.
In chapter 4, verse 7, Solomon begins with “Thou art all fair...” The word fair means beautiful. His bride is not only beautiful, but all beautiful, wholly and completely, in every aspect and in every manner. Many in the church do not consider themselves “all fair.” They have remembrances of their past. They know the “broken mess” (as my pastor says) that they were. They know their struggles to obey the Lord, the pull of their flesh and the world they fight daily. But Jesus sees the church “all fair.” And He calls us “My love.” “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) We cannot even fathom the love Jesus has for us.
Jesus knew the cross would be painful and He dreaded it. The devil tempted Him to change His mind and return to the beauty of heaven. The human part of Him, His body and soul (mind, will and emotions) were taunted and tempted beyond what we can imagine. “Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with Me.” (Matthew 26:38) But the worse was that He would taste death for us. He would be totally separated from the Father, something He had never known. He would take the wrath of God for all sin. (Matthew 26:39, 42) What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane is written in a few verses, but it was the torment of at least three hours. There was never any doubt that Jesus would do the will of the Father. (Matthew 26:42) It was settled in heaven from before creation. His love for us, His love for the Father and the unity of the Godhead compelled Him. He sought to do the Father’s Will completely. (Matthew 26:36-46)
Jesus tells us, “...there is no spot in thee.” In our natural thinking, we know there’s still much God has to do in us for us to be perfected. But to Jesus we are spotless, clean and pure. Isaiah prophesied about 700 years before Jesus. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18) At the last supper, Jesus tells His disciples about His blood that will be shed for our cleansing. “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:26-28) His shed blood paid the penalty for the wrath of God toward our sin. “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:12)
“And hath put all things under His feet and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” (Ephesians 1:22-23) The church is His body. We are one with Him. And He considers us, one with Him. We complete Jesus, Who is the One Who completes all and everything. We need a revelation of this. We wouldn’t be so lackadaisical of our services, our prayers, devotion and daily lives with the realization of it. Jesus gave Himself for the church that it should be “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:27) Jesus speaks through Solomon’s words. “Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” (Song of Solomon 4:7)
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