Song of Songs Advent Devotion for Couples – Advent 3 Tuesday ~ Bread for Beggars

Opening Prayer

The third Advent candle (rose/pink) along with two violet candles are lit.

The husband may say, or the couple may say together:

In the name of the Father and of † the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Heavenly Father, who has created man and woman and provided them with the estate of marriage, provide us in our relationship the kind of love that reflects your love for us. For you gave your Son to purchase us by his blood, and you will send him again to bring us to the heavenly wedding feast on the Last Day. Strengthen us by your Word as we expect his Advent. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Together you may confess the Apostles’ Creed and pray the Lord’s Prayer.

Song of Songs 4:8-11

Marital Bliss
Husband: Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards. You have captivated my heart, my [beloved] sister [in Christ, as though we are one blood], my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better your love is than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Discussion

Lebanon: Lebanon’s beautiful cedar trees made it easy for people in Israel to compare it to an Eden-like paradise. Lumber from these trees was used in the construction of the Temple. The Song describes three mountain peaks in the region: Amana, Senir, and Hermon. It also pictures fierce predatory cats living there.

What hope for our future is presented by the Bride living safely among dangerous predators? (Compare Isaiah 11:6-9.) Mountains were frequently used by God to communicate to his people. What is the significance of three mountain peaks?

Honey: The Groom is intoxicated with the smell of his Bride, which is an overture to her taste. This section depicts the wedding ceremony, in which the Groom sees his Bride and is overjoyed to call her his own. Isaiah 25:6-8: “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces.”

What joy are we anticipating? What reminds us and prepares us for that heavenly wedding feast now?

As you consider the joy of Christ’s second Advent on the Last Day, consider too the joy he gives you in your married life. The Sixth Commandment enjoins “husband and wife each [to] love and honor the other.”

How may you demonstrate for your spouse the self-losing love and honor that Jesus has shown you?

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Hymn

Hymn verses this week: “The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us,” v. 4

(Listen to the melody here)

4. Our Father, rich in blessing,
Will give us crowns of gold
And, to His bosom pressing,
Impart a bliss untold,
Will welcome with embraces
Of never-ending love,
And deck us with His graces
In blissful realms above.

Author: Johann Walter; Translator: Matthias Loy