Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
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… And so he's approaching like, But what he really wants to do, he says in verse 6, until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountains of Myrrh and to the hill of frankincense. Now listen, if you look to the maps in the back of the Bible and you look for the geographical feature of the hill of Myrrh and the mountain of frankincense, you will not find them. No such place exists in Israel. She wore a necklace called Myrrh and it hung between her breasts and she described him early on as wanting him to be there between her breasts. And he is saying, that's where I want to be also. And I want to stay there all night long. That's what I want. He says in verse 7, I love this verse, you are all fair, my love, and there is no spot in you. Ooh, warmer, warmer. This is temple language. When you brought a sacrifice, the priest would judge it as being spotted or spotless. …
Further, if the Psalms are intended for Christian worship, as surely they are, the Prophetic Spirit, who inspired them, saw that they too would in various places describe that sacred Christian feast, which we feel they do describe; and surely we may rightly call this coincidence between the ordinance in the Christian Church and the form of words in the Psalms, a mark of design. For instance: "Thou shalt prepare a Table before me against them that trouble me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my Cup shall be full." "I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord, and so will I go to Thine Altar." "O send out Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling; and that I may go unto the Altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness." "The children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings. They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of Thy house, and Thou shalt give them drink of Thy pleasures as out of the river. For with Thee is the well of life, and in Thy light shall we see light." "Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest and receivest unto Thee; he shall dwell in Thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Thy house, even of Thy Holy Temple." "My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth Thee with joyful lips . . . because Thou hast been my helper, therefore under the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice." …
"Leaving all you loved below, Up to your Father you will go!" We will not tarry longer on these two causes, "Until the day breaks"—we expect a daybreak—"and the shadows flee away"—we expect that shadows will flee away. We know they will! We rejoice that they will! Here we sit, looking out into the future, not knowing what may befall us, but singing to our souls this song—"Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away." But while the season of joyful release is anticipated, there is also, II. A PRAYER PRESENTED. "Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved, and be You like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether." Till Heaven shall come to us and we to Heaven, sweet Lord Jesus be with us! Let us have Your company. But a difficulty arises. There is so much between us and Christ to keep Him away. Hence the prayer, "Come, Lord, be like some hart or roe—like the chamois of the Alps that leaps from crag to crag—come over all these mountains of Bether and come to us when we cannot come to You." Remember, Beloved, that our sins were once like these mountain of Bether. Christ has come over them. Our daily sins sometimes seem to our unbelief to be mountains of separation. Christ will come over these. He will bring us again unto the cleansing fountain! He will give us the kiss of reconciliation! He will imprint the seal of peace upon our foreheads. He will kiss us with the kisses of His lips and He will send us away rejoicing that He has come over the mountains. …