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Steve Webb: If a culture says
it's okay, does that mean that

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God's plan is outdated,
inconsequential or no longer

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valid?

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It's the Lifespring! One Year
Bible coming to you from

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Riverside, California by casting
since 2004. I'm your OG

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Godcaster. Steve Webb. It's
poetry Thursday, and we'll read

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Song of Solomon chapters three
and four. This episode is pre

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recorded since I'm recovering
from yesterday surgery. The

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website is Lifespringmedia.com.
and I'll have contact

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information at the end of the
show. Before we read, let's

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pray. Our Heavenly Father, we
thank You, Lord, for Your Word.

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and we thank you for this book,
The Song of Solomon. I pray,

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Lord, that as we read, you would
teach us touch our minds and

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touch our hearts. I pray in
Jesus name. Amen. Okay, are you

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ready? Let's begin.

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Song of Songs chapter three. The
young woman one night as I lay

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in bed, a yearn for my lover. I
yearned for him, but he did not

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come. So I said to myself, I
will get up and roam the city

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searching in all its streets and
squares. I will search for the

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one I love. So I searched
everywhere but did not find him.

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The watchman stopped me as they
made their rounds and I asked,

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have you seen the one I love?
Then? Scarcely had I left them

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when I found my love. I caught
and held him tightly. Then I

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brought him to my mother's
house, into my mother's bed

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where I had been conceived,
promised me Oh Women of

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Jerusalem by the gazelles and
wild deer, not to awaken love

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until the time is right, the
Young Women of Jerusalem. Who is

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this sweeping in from the
wilderness, like a cloud of

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smoke? Who is it fragrant with
myrrh and frankincense and every

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kind of spice? Look, it is
Solomon's carriage surrounded by

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60 heroic men, the best of
Israel soldiers. They are all

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skilled swordsman, experienced
warriors. Each wears a sword on

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his thigh, ready to defend the
king against an attack in the

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night. King Solomon's carriage
is built of wood imported from

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Lebanon. Its posts are silver,
its canopy gold. Its cushions

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are purple. It was decorated
with love by the Young Women of

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Jerusalem. The young woman come
out to see King Solomon Young

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Women of Jerusalem. He wears the
crown his mother gave him on his

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wedding day, his most joyous
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Song of Solomon chapter four.
How beautiful you are, my

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darling How very beautiful.
Behind your veil, your eyes or

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doves. Your hair is like a flock
of goats screaming down Mount

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Gilead. Your teeth are like a
flock of newly shorn sheep

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coming up from washing, each one
having a twin and not one

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missing. Your lips or like a
scarlet cord in your mouth is

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lovely. Behind your veil, your
brow was like a slice of

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pomegranate. Your neck is like
the Tower of David constructed

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in layers. 1000 bucklers are
hung on it all of them shields

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of warriors. Your breasts are
like two fawns, twins of a

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gazelle that feed among the
lilies. Before the day breaks

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and the shadows flee. I will
make my way to the mountain of

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myrrh and the hill of
frankincense. You are absolutely

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beautiful, my darling with no
imperfection in you. Come with

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me from Lebanon, my bride with
me from Lebanon descend from the

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peak of Amana, from the summit
of Siena and Herman from the

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dens of the lions. From the
mountains of the leopards. You

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have captured my heart, my
sister, my bride, you have

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captured my heart with one
glance of your eyes with one

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jewel of your necklace. How
delightful Your love is my

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sister, my bride. Your love is
much better than wine and the

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fragrance of your perfume than
any Balsam. Your lips dripped

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sweetness like the honeycomb, My
Bride, honey and milk are under

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your tongue. The fragrance of
your garments is like the

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fragrance of Lebanon. My sister,
my bride. You are a locked

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garden, a locked garden and a
sealed spring. Your branches are

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a paradise of pomegranates with
choicest fruits, henna with no

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hard Nard and saffron Calamus in
cinnamon, with all the trees of

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frankincense, myrrh and aloes,
with all the best spices. You

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are a garden spring, a well of
flowing water streaming from

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Lebanon. Awaken north wind, come
south wind, blow on my garden

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and spread the fragrance of its
spices. Let my love come to his

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garden and eat its choicest
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In chapter threei we hear
snapshots of the wedding

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ceremony, and in chapter four
snapshots of the wedding night.

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Much of the language of this
book sounds kind of strange to

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modern years. We don't speak in
metaphors such as your hair is

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like a flock of goats streaming
down Mount Gilead. Your teeth

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are like a flock of newly shorn
sheep coming up from washing,

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each one having a twin and not
one missing. I mean, it sounds

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kind of funny, right? Well, my
suggestion is that you find a

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good commentary to help you
understand the imagery and the

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meaning of the Song of Solomon.
Because I don't have any control

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of who will listen to this
podcast. and because this book

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is for a mature audience, I
don't really feel comfortable

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discussing it in detail here. I
will have a link on the show

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notes page to a good list of
commentaries, though. So if

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you'd like more insight into the
Song of Solomon, those

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commentaries will help you. But
we can glean some very important

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points, though, without getting
too graphic. Those points are

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attraction, courtship,
affection, marriage, and

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physical intimacy. and they were
all created by God. and they are

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intended to be shared in that
order, between a man and a woman

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who then progress to marriage.
That's God's perfect plan. In

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our current culture, it's
increasingly rare for people to

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adhere to God's plan, though,
isn't it? But does that mean

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that there are no consequences
for violating that plan? If a

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culture says it's okay, does
that mean that God's plan is

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outdated, inconsequential or no
longer valid? No, of course not.

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God's plan is always better. So
what do we do if we violated his

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plan? Well, we ask God to
forgive us. and when we confess

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our sins, any sins to God, He is
faithful and just to forgive

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them if we are in Christ Jesus.
and then he removes those sins

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as far as the east is from the
west. He doesn't hold them over

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our heads and he doesn't hold a
grudge. They're gone. and then,

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as Jesus said to the woman
caught in the act of adultery,

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go and sin no more.

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today's show our beloved thank
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of your day. I appreciate it.
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tomorrow. Until then, may God
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