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THE LORD's CHARGE(2:7).
Verse7 says"I charge you,O ye daughters of Jerusalem,by the roes,and by the hinds of the field,that ye stir not up,nor awake My love,till he please".
Some translation uses "gazelles" instead of "roe" and the word "he" should be in the feminine gender. "I charge you" this is in the imperative mood;it is the tone of a King.The "Daughters of Jerusalem"  here implies to nominal Christains,that loves excitement and meddling with many outward things.therefore,the Lord tells them not to stir up her love.
Roes and Hinds are by nature animals that are easily stirred up.The King gives this charge because she have become sick of love(2:5).there is no need to stir her up anymore;she can pause a  little while,she's in the Lord's hand,there's no need for others to arouse her.if others try to meddle with her affairs,it will not help her.instead,it will only stir her up.she must rest for a while and wait for this period to end before she engages in a second pursuit."that ye stir not up,nor awake my love"they(daughters of Jerusalem) should wait for her to rise by herself.they shouldn't think  she's too soulish and needs help.its part of her training.its where her lessons have brought her,and there should be a pause.for love has reached its climax,the Lord is present;therefore,she is still(Hab2:20).He will rest in His love(Zeph3:17).meaning He will love her in repose.

@goshen360.
Great work!i believe a time is coming when true Christains will worship God in truth and spirit with their families and neighbours  in their homes.
Some pastors knew the truth about tithing.but,are afraid to speakout because they might lose  there position and members,(John11:48)

@op
The Church of our Lord Jesus Christ is no Fraud.
The Church is not a building people gather together to prayer/worship.it is simply the Spirit of God in every Christain in the world.
In Ephns5:23,25,29-30.says"For the Husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of Church,His Body,of which He is the Savior.For no man ever yet hated his own flesh;but nourisheth and cherisheth it,Even as the Lord the Church.For we are members of His Body,of His flesh,and of His bones.
The Church is the Body of  Christ,just as Eve is the body of Adam(Gen2:21-22).
When God brought the woman He made from Adam's rib to him,he(Adam)said"this is now Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh:she shall be called woman,because SHE WAS TAKEN OUT OF A MAN.(Gen2:23).
Roms5:14b,says that Adam was a figure of Him(Christ)that was to come.1Cors15:45 says"And so it is written,the first man Adam was made a living soul;the last Adam(Christ)was made a quickening Spirit.
Adam in Genesis foreshadow Christ.
Since Adam accepted only what came out of him(his Rib) to be his wife,only the constituent of Christ can be His Church.For the material for making Eve is solely Adam,also the sole material for the Church is Christ.
The Church is the Spirit of God in all the Christain in the world.
The Church is simply CHRIST.
Jesus said in John4:21."Believe me,woman a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on the mountain or in Jerusalem".
Verse23"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks".
Op,believe me a time is coming when true christains will worship God in spirit and truth with their families and neighbours in their homes.

@the seeker.
The concept of Salvation involves two parties only.GOD and MAN.
In the garden of Eden,God commanded man not to eat from a particular tree,because he will die by doing so.but,man disobeys His command resulting to the reign of death(Roms5:14).its written in the Bible that God is Love(1jhn4:16) and He wants to express His love to man(jhn3:16),His desires is to save man from the penalty of death.but He is restricted by His Righteousness.He cant save man merely according to His nature (which is Love)without conflicting with His Righteousness(His methods,procedures and moral standards).so to save man because He loves man,He must find a way to do it that is in agreement with His own Righteousness.
He commanded man "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,thou shalt not eat of it;for in the day that thou eatest there of thou shalt surely Die"Gen2:17.and since His a Righteous God,His word to man in the garden cant be annulled even by Him.so man must bear the fully wages of sin which is death.
As there's only two parties involve.the only way to solve the problem of sin which result is death is (1)deal with the one(man)who has sinned,(2)deal with the one(God) who has been sinned against.these are the two Righteous ways to solve the problem.
A third party has no right or authority to step in.
God is love and He wants to save man from death,the only Righteous way is for Him bear the sins of man on the cross.
But here arises another problem,for He to bear man's sin He have to die;and its impossible for God to die(1Tim6:16) these verse tells us that God is immortal.there is no possibility for God to die.Hence,for God to bear the judgment of man's sin against Him.He has to take on the BODY OF A MAN(Hebrws10:5-6).Christ became a man so that He could be offered up as a burnt offering and sin offering to deal with man's sin.Hence,our Lord Jesus became a man to be crucified on the cross.He is not a third party;He is the first party.
Because He is God(one of the party)He is qualified to be crucified on the cross,because He became a man,He can die on the cross on our behalf.
His qualification to be crucified is because He's one of the party.He's being able to be crucified is because He became a man.
If the Redemptive work of Salvation is to be Righteous,Jesus of Nazareth must be GOD.

@the_seeker.
Your perception of Salvation is wrong!details will come later today.

God cannot die!(1Timothy6:16).

HER PRAISE AND ENJOYMENT CONTINUES(2:5-6)
Verse5says,"Stay me with flagons,comfort me with apples:for i am sick with love".
The word "comfort" may be translated as "revive" to be sick of love is to be joyous to the point of exhaustion.the main point of the verse is a beckoning for moderation.it's good for her to be in His presence,but the experience of the saints of old shows that they were overwhelmed in His presence,they fell down as dead(Job42:5-6,Isaiah6:5,Deniel10:8-9,Habakkuk3:16,Peter;Luke5:8,John;Rev1:16-17). what she enjoys is more than she can handle.there is a measure to our capacity to enjoy the Lord.we have to ask the Lord to increase our capacity before we can enjoy more,an earthen vessel does not have enough capacity;there's a need to recieve more strength from the Lord to increase our capacity for enjoyment.
Verse6,says"His left hand is under my my head,and His right hand doth embrace me".
"His left hand is under my head" this means He is lifting her head to behold Him.the most natural position to embrace some is to embrace with the right hand.the emphasis is on the Protection and Support of love;Psalm91:14,says"Because he loves me" says the Lord, "I will Rescue him;I will Protect him,for he acknowledges my name.
It's not on the support of strenght,but the support of intimacy.in other words,after one has enjoyed the Lord's love,there is still the need for the support of His grace.

@op
The "GRAPES" some of them collected and ate from the politicians have turned "SOUR".(Eze18:2).

HER PRAISE AND ENJOYMENT(2:3-4).
Verse3;says"As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,so is my Beloved among the son's.i sat down under His shadow with great delight,and His fruit was sweet to my taste".
"Apple tree among the trees" 'apple' here is likened to 'bergamot orange'its an evergreen plant and doesn't shed its leaves in winter.
"the son's refers to all the things that captures ones heart,everything that's desired(Gen3:6) and can be compared to ordinary trees.whereas the Lord is as tall as the trees in "the wood"which denotes forest,His overshadow never fails,because He is evergreen and provides shade all the time and also bears fruit;He is tall,overshadowing and fruitful.
"with great delight"she rejoices at His presence and also enjoys His accomplish work for her in His presence.because"His fruit was sweet"to her taste.(Rev10:10b;it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth).
Verse4 says;"He brought me to the banqueting house,and His banner over me is love".Revelation is given in the chambers mentioned in chapter1:4.whereas she enjoys His Finished work in "the banqueting house"in His presence.(banquet hall/house is where quests are entertained).
"His banner over me is love"this means that love is the unfurled standard.the whole matter relates to love.a banner shows what one does;its a motto.our banner is love,meaning everything they(she and the Lord) do is based on love.

@op
dreams are just one of the ways by which God reveals things to us.by so doing we are given the opportunity to either claim/reject it through prayers n fasting.the responsibility of rejecting it rest on you,because it was revealed to you.talk to your pastor and some members of your church to assist you in prayer.

Since the op calls them "OUR LEADERS" are not directly blaming ourselves,

Blaming them is like pilling heaps of curses on ourselves?since they are our leaders.

Gen1:26says "let us make man in OUR image,after OUR likeness"
Gen1:27says "So God created man in HIS image, "in verse 26 the pronoun "OUR" is plural,but in verse 27 "HIS" is singular.
In Gen1:26 a decision was taken in the GodHead(the Father,the Son and the Holyspirit)but when the GodHead was in the actual process of making man,the Bible says in verse 27 that man was made in "His" image."His" denotes the Son.Adam was created in the image of the Son.the Son precedes Adam.
Roms8:29says "because those whom He forknew,He also "Predestined" to be conformed to the image of His Son,that He might be the firstborn among many brothers".

Can a "Gift" be retrived after it has been given?

By there fruits/expressions, you know them.They will all be disgrace.

Merely prophesying and healing the sick and casting out demons dont necessarily make's one a prophet of God.as Christains we can ask for such gifts(prophecy/healing).
The prophetic gift/ministry is not something YOU can ask for or take up as a line of profession.it's something that you ARE.(Jer1:5).
My point is this-God calls a man(from birth) to represent His Devine thought,to represent them in what he(the man called) is here on the earth.there experience in God's hand becomes there life and ministry.that is the Vessel(the prophet) himself.
is the ministry.it cant be divided,it's not an office you go to daily.the prophet and his ministry are one and the same person.in Nigeria we just need to ask for mercy and more grace from God

The reason i said they are half-baked is that most of them these days have 1.a price tag. 2.they are not totally "otherworldly" 3.they dont live in isolation these days(eagles lives and fly alone) 4.they have no true passion,purpose and pugnacity over God's children,most,only care about themselves and immediate family members. 5.compromise is there daily label.
God value His prophets even more than His Word!!because if His prophets are wrong His Word through them will be wrong.
The purity of the Vessel(the prophets) is directly proportional to it content(the Word).
I believe in the late 70's /early 80's we have some refine Vessels of the Lord mainly from the south west of Nigeria.but recently most Vessels in Nigeria are filled with sour grapes(Ezekiel18:2),may God have mercy and refine His Vessels in Nigeria in Jesus.

People are not ready for the truth and the true prophets we have are half-baked.

1;The Great pros.itute who sits on many waters(waters been peoples,multitudes,languages and nations) in Rev17;will suffer a fatal blow from the Lord,resulting to the death of many of her daughter's.
Multitudes will be set free in the southern part of Nigeria.
2.most of her agents in leadership,will be exposed and disgrace publicly,in Nigeria.
3.Though,there will be much tribulations,the faithful will be covered with sufficient Grace.
4.in 2012 many Christains will attend service not just to meet a man but to fellowship and commune with God.

Thank you Father,for you are the King of Glory,the mighty man in battle,the Lord Almighty,the Lion of the tribe of Judah,the root of David and the lamb of God in my life and the life's of members of my family in my lineage in Jesus name Amen.

He(Jesus) is the pattern and the design of creation itself(Roms11:36).

@lepasharon
what's your problem,cant you read properly,is the post about chrismas or is it all about the expression of the Love of Christ?!

Good piece!

Luke4:5-6;says The devil(satan) led Him(Jesus)up to a high place showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.And said to Him,"i will give you all their authority and splendor,FOR IT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME,AND I CAN GIVE IT TO ANYONE I WANT TO.no where is it written that all authority and powers of the world was given to Satan,on the contrary it was given to Adam(Gen1:28),but due to his disobedience he became the food and slave to Satan.he(Adam)became subjected to Satan.
Any man that has been crucified(Galans2:20) that constantly walks by the leadings of the Holy spirit,his flesh becomes poison to demons,they naturally flee from such a person.

@op
great article.your best post i have read so far.more will be appreciated.

Man's ways vs God's way.
  (1saiah55:8-9)
says"For My thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways My ways"declares the Lord.
"As the Heaven are higher than the earth,so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts".
There are 2kinds of starting points man and God's.man usually starts with big frame works,a big plant,publicity,machinery,structures and so on,that's our usually way of starting something for God.that's our propensity towards Him.we may argue that God is worthy of something big,that's man's way.God's way is never like that and never was.
Pentecost came out of deep and drastic dealings with 12men.God's starting point is always the INTRINSIC.man's begining usually end in only a small percentage of lasting value.while,God's begining always end in a very great percentage of lasting value.but God's begining seems so small,they appear so little,but so does a SEED.
Thats where/how God begins(with a seed)thats why everything really of God has a long and hidden history of deep dealings on His part.
The 30yrs of our Lord's hidden life has a great bearing on His last 3 and half.the 40yrs of Moses way back in the desert,had a great bearing on the rest of his life.Abraham,David and others who had a long deep,secret,hidden history;it was out of that that the effectiveness came.
God greatest things are coming out of intrinsic values to make themselves known.
We might often think that years have gone,soon our life will be past,and we have missed the way.everything around us being a problem,an enigma.
Yet,it may be that in a few years/months an infinitude of spiritual value will come out of the time through which we are going,out of this which we taught is lost time,we must adjust ourself to this.God is not careful at all about our standards(ways) of values,either in time or in method or in any otherway,what He is careful about is to have the inherent,the essential,the potential and the intrinsic.
Let us lay that up in our hearts and chrish it and it be a real governing factor in us.for our God works for depths,He works for solidity,and for intensity.He works through testing through hiddenness and with very little appeal to our natural pleasure.

The Lord's reply(2:2).
Verse2 says"As the lily among thorns,so is my love among the daughters"
the Lord is saying she is indeed a lily,not in contrast to the valleys,but in contrast to the thorns.the "thorns"signifies that which grows out of the natural realm and did not come out as a result of sowing.this refers to there result of sin and the natural self.it is typified by the thorns in Matt13:7.the thorns in Hebrws6:8,signify the fruit that comes out of a person's own self-will,whose end is to be burnt. The "daughters" signifies those that live a sinful life as a result of been born of sin.
"As the lily among thorns ,so is my love among the daughter's"though she is surrounded by a sinful environment,the Lord is her source and her strenght.

Gen2:7;and the Lord God form man of the DUST of the ground.
Gen3:19;, for DUST you are and DUST you will return.
Gen3:14;and the Lord God said unto the serpent, and DUST shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Adam was form from the  Dust of the ground which became Satan/demons food.
Our flesh are their food and they derive there powers by feasting on the body of men.any man(a bishop,priest,pastor,prophet,or an unbeliever) that works according to the dictates of the flesh,such works are orchestrated by demons.

@op
If demons are not the falling angels.then where are they(the falling angels)?
Rev12:3-4,says then another sign appeared in Heaven,an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his  heads.4,HIS TAIL SWEPT A THIRD OF THE STARS OUT OF THE SKY AND FLUNG THEM TO THE EARTH.
lets assume we have 200billion stars in the Milky Way(not the universe)and a Third of the stars are flung to the earth,which is about 67billion stars.
Ish9:15b,says the prophets who teach lies are the TAIL.the tail of the dragon denotes lying and deception.
In Rev1:19, stars refer to angels.one third of the angels in Heaven were deceived by the dragon and they were flung to the  earth.i believe demons are the falling angels,thats the reason a man can be possess with a thousand and one demons.because they are so many.

@op
one dont recieve the prophetic gift by hand laying,he/she have to be born with it(Jer1:5).

Her Response(1:16-2:1).
Verse16;says"Behold,thou are fair,my beloved,yea are pleasant;also our bed is green".
She praises the Lord,not only is He fair,but also pleasant in all His ways."Also our bed is green"psalm23:2;says He  makes me lie down in green pastures;He leads me to waters of rest"the table mentioned previously also has an element of rest.she had learnt how to feed,she must also be taught how to rest in the Lord."Green"grass signifies everything that is living,that have life and can serve as food,its also a resting ground after feeding.
Verse17;says"The beams of our house are cedar and our rafters of fir"cedar is a tall and strong tree,which signifies humanity filled with Glory,"Fir" is cypress used for ship building(Ezk27:5)and for musical instrumen(2Sam6:5).in Solomons temple,the chief kinds of wood are cedar and cypress."The beams of our house are cedar and our rafters of fir"our house is filled with your Glory(cedar),praise and worship(fir).
2:1says"i am the rose of Sharon,and the lily of the valleys".
"rose"is a kind of wild flower that grows in the land of Israel.this flower is considered a despicable plant in the land of Judea."sharon"is a plain land(1Chron5:16).
She acknowledges how despicable  she is in Sharon and a lily in the valleys,meaning she's un-worthy,that the Lord is her provision and her provider.

@op
our Lord Jesus Christ is The Begining(Rev21:6).all things created in Heaven and on earth,visible and invisible,whether thrones,dominion,principalities or powers were created by Him and for Him(Colosns1:16).For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things(Roms11:36)and without Him there is absolutely nothing(John1:3).
For it pleased the Father that IN HIM(JESUS) should all fullness dwell(Colosns1:19).
To answer your question, i will say God was in The Begining(which is Jesus Christ) before He created the Heaven,the Heaven and earth were created in Him,For in The Begining(Jesus Christ) God created the Heaven and earth(Gen1:1). All things were created in Him thats the reason He knows the end from the begining(Ish46:10)for He is The Begining and The end(Rev21:6). though i stand to be corrected.