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Day 97: The Triumphant King (SoS 2:8b)

  The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. 

 Song of Songs 2:8

There are no coincidences in the scriptures. Word and sentence placements are intentional. Our text intentionally informs us that it was the beloved's voice the Bride heard before she saw His face.

Throughout John 10, Jesus emphasizes that His sheep follow His voice. They follow not because they see Him but because they hear Him. 

When we look through the scriptures, we'll see that hearing precedes seeing and seeing refers to experience. Job said in Job 42:

 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. 

Hearing is supposed to produce a longing to experience. Hearing should alert us to seek the One whose voice we're hearing. Hearing God and following His voice leads us into revelation knowledge, which births experience. Those experiences are crucial to life and destiny.

 The Bride's response to her beloved voice meant that she got to see him leaping and skipping upon the mountains and hills as he came to her.

Mountains and hills in the Bible refer to many things. Sometimes to places of worship, strength, stability, refuge, or even men. They also signify obstacles, challenges, and hindrances. It was used like that in Zechariah 4:7 and in Mark 11 when Jesus spoke to the disciples about faith's ability to do the impossible.

From the Bride's description of how her beloved came, we can derive two things:

     1. The Beloved overcame every obstacle and hindrance to meet his Bride:

Paul in Romans 8:38-39 said:

 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Paul said this because Jesus overcame the greatest enemy: death. Sin was not the greatest problem of man. Sin is only death's errand boy, it's a means of entry the world. Romans 5:17 says death reigned when sin entered the world. 

Ephesians 1:19-20 implies that God's greatest show of power was Jesus' resurrection from the dead. If He can overcome death, every other mountain and hill that stands in His way He will leap over to get to us as though they are no obstacles at all.


Jesus is revealed here as the triumphant king. Just as kings in ancient times paraded their defeated enemies as captives before all their subjects, Colossians 2:15 (The Passion Translation) says:

 ...Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a triumphant procession. He was not their prisoner; they were his! 

     2. The Beloved's attitude as he approached his Bride:

Leaping and skipping are expressions used to indicate someone walking with joy, vibrancy, and energy. The word translated as leap also means spring. It gives the impression that there was a spring in His step.

Jesus did not grudgingly overcome all obstacles to come to us. He was not forced, cajoled, or persuaded by the Father. He said in John 15:13:

 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 

Every lash on His back though caused him pain brought him joy. He pictured me and you as nails were driven into His hands. When they placed the crown of thorns on His head, He didn't object because He knew one day, He'd be the king of our hearts. Hebrews 12 reveals that He endured it all for the reward set before Him. 2 Corinthians 2:14 in the Amplified Classic Version says we are the trophies of His victory. 

Our relationship with Him starts with a revelation of His love, but we can't stop there. We must also receive a revelation of His triumph and what that means for us.

If we do not recognize and arise when we hear His voice, when He calls to us, we miss the opportunity to see Him as the triumphant king.

Hold on to this thought. We'll shed more light on it as we progress.

PRAY WITH ME:

My beloved Jesus, thank you for loving me enough to sacrifice your life for me. As I follow your voice, open my eyes to see you as the triumphant king. I want to experience your power over death and all its manifestations. Amen.

REFLECT & ACT:

  • Have you ever seen Jesus triumph over obstacles for you?
  • What situations seem like mountains and hills before you? What has the Lord said to you about them? 
  • Romans 10:17 says faith comes by hearing and 1 John 5:4 says faith is the victory that overcomes the world. So keep His word in your ears and on your lips until you see Him leap over those mountains and hills. 

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