{"id":4065,"date":"2015-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/my-beloved-spoke-and-said-to-me-rise-up-my-love-my-fair-one-and-come-away-for-lo-the-winter-is-past-the-rain-is-over-and-gone-the-flowers-appear-on-the-earth-the-time-of-si\/"},"modified":"2015-09-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T00:00:00","slug":"my-beloved-spoke-and-said-to-me-rise-up-my-love-my-fair-one-and-come-away-for-lo-the-winter-is-past-the-rain-is-over-and-gone-the-flowers-appear-on-the-earth-the-time-of-si","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/my-beloved-spoke-and-said-to-me-rise-up-my-love-my-fair-one-and-come-away-for-lo-the-winter-is-past-the-rain-is-over-and-gone-the-flowers-appear-on-the-earth-the-time-of-si","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy beloved spoke, and said to me: \u201cRise up, my love, my fair one, And come away. For lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. the flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land” (Song of Solomon 2:10-12 NKJV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also called the “Song of Songs” because as part of Solomon’s wisdom literature it pursued the personified lady “wisdom” with a lover’s poetic passion, making it the pinnacle of his wisdom writings. When read through the lens of the apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, where he describes marriage as a “mystery” that points to Christ and His Church, it takes on a new meaning. Read the above passage viewing Christ as the “beloved” and the Church as the one being addressed. There is a Day coming when the Bride will hear Him say, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Also called the “Song of Songs” because as part of Solomon’s wisdom literature it pursued the personified lady “wisdom” with a lover’s poetic passion, making it the pinnacle of his wisdom writings. When read through the lens of the apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, where he describes marriage as a “mystery” that points to Christ and His Church, it takes on a new meaning. Read the above passage viewing Christ as the “beloved” and the Church as the one being addressed. There is a Day coming when the Bride will hear Him say, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[],"scripture-chapter":[],"oyb_day":[1776],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4065","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","oyb_day-september-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}