God’s Watered Garden

This is one of the most beautiful subjects in Holy Scripture. Solomon prophesied of Jesus Christ and His Bride, the Church. “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (Song of Solomon 4:12). A metaphor is a word picture of something that is real. It is a way to understand a truth that is too deep to grasp without explanation. The Bride of Christ must spend a lifetime right here on earth preparing for our future with Him. It’s tough to endure the hard places, temptations, and often great criticism. But, this picture of every true saint living in a garden of GRACE, even while the world occupies the fields that are everywhere about us, is all we need to be happy and safe. He watches over His garden, the Holy Spirit teaches and anoints those planted, and His Angels encamp about us to come quickly to our rescue. Throughout the Bible a garden was always a special place. God created Adam and Eve and placed them in a spectacular garden. God Himself would come down out of His Temple and walk with this first couple in fellowship. The Bible will end with another garden and the Godly will spend eternity with our Heavenly Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and all the host of angels and saints. This earthly company is a chosen generation, a peculiar people, a family of saints that have been transformed and sanctified. The Whore Church is determined to seduce the righteous into living after the flesh. Sinners are being deceived into believing that being saved is only different in destination, not in lifestyle. They are harlots in the spiritual sense and will bring you into the same bondage by which they are captured. The idea of living in His garden settles this matter. Not only is this an enclosed place, it is a watered place. “A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon” (Song of Solomon 4:15). The Son of God quoted from this prophecy, “He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). If you are His, then this garden is your dwelling place. The Church and His garden are one even when they are separated by many miles. Our buildings are our meeting places and they should be treated with respect, but the saints are His body and garden.