Paved With Love

 Paved With Love

Song of Songs 3:7-10

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's;

threescore valiant men are about it,

of the valiant of Israel.

They all hold swords, being expert in war:

every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

He made the pillars thereof of silver,

the bottom thereof of gold,

the covering of it of purple,

the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

The whole Song Of Solomon is a love song about fellowship between Solomon and his espoused (ie. engaged) bride. Solomon is a type or picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the espoused bride represents the believer who has placed their faith in Him. Every aspect of this song pictures our relationship and fellowship with the Lord from the moment of coming to Jesus for salvation, and ending with us eagerly awaiting His return to take His bride to the wedding feast and to the mansions He has prepared for her.

The bed/chariot that Solomon is riding in is the vehicle that carried him through this world and brought him to his espoused bride. The description is interesting because his chariot has the same materials and symbolism as the tabernacle and temple - all of which picture the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Dwelt is a Greek word that literally means “tabernacled.” It is Strong’s #4637, “from 4636; to tent or encamp, i.e. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion).” Strong’s #4636 means, “a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit): — tabernacle.”

The Son of God tabernacled among us. His physical body was the temple of God while Jesus Christ was here on earth. This was the vehicle or vessel He came to earth in and dwelt during His earthly ministry (ie. wherein His deity resides - since Jesus’ incarnation, He is now BOTH God and Man forever).

John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.

Song of Songs 3:9-10

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

He made the pillars thereof of silver,

the bottom thereof of gold,

the covering of it of purple,

the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Cedar is an aromatic wood, incorruptible, durable. His chariot is made out of the same wood as the temple. Jesus is the pure, spotless, sinless Son of God.

Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

The pillars are made of silver - silver pictures redemption. The whole reason Jesus was born in Bethlehem was so He could grow up and die for our sins upon the cross - to redeem fallen man.

Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

The bottom of this chariot is made of gold - gold pictures deity. Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh.

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

The covering of his chariot is purple - purple represents kingship. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

The midst of this chariot is paved with love. The whole motivation for Jesus going to Calvary was His great love for us.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 3:17-19 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

The love of God. The reason for Christ coming down to earth, being born in a manger, dwelling among us, shedding His blood and dying for our sins upon the cross, and rising again from the dead. Nothing can separate His children from His love.

Romans 8:35, 37-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?… Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 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 creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

It is the motivation for many a hymn of worship and praise. Consider the following:

The Love Of God

(Words and Music: Frederick M. Lehman)

The love of God is greater far

Than tongue or pen can ever tell;

It goes beyond the highest star,

And reaches to the lowest hell;

The guilty pair, bowed down with care,

God gave His Son to win;

His erring child He reconciled,

And pardoned from his sin.

Chorus:

O love of God, how rich and pure!

How measureless and strong!

It shall forevermore endure

The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,

And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,

When men, who here refuse to pray,

On rocks and hills and mountains call,

God’s love so sure, shall still endure,

All measureless and strong;

Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—

The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

Were every stalk on earth a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade,

To write the love of God above,

Would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

Though stretched from sky to sky.

Song of Songs 3:11

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon

with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him

in the day of his espousals,

and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

One day - hopefully soon - the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back for His bride. 

Song of Songs 8:14

Make haste, my beloved,

and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart

upon the mountains of spices.

Are you ready to meet Him?

Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Devotional February 28th, 2026

Jerry Bouey