"...let me hear it"

HE

O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.

SHE

Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

- Song of Solomon 8:13-14

Here Christ beckons His beloved to let Him hear her voice. She is in the garden, where they have before communed. It is a good place; she is with companions, and here their fellowship is sweet. But Christ desires the believer to call out to Him, to speak to Him. Hear how winsome are His words: O you who dwell in the gardens, let me hear your voice. How often would he bid us come away from our companions and speak to Him alone. He longs to hear His beloved’s voice. Oh believer! Does this not kindle holy warmth within your soul? Christ would hear my voice! His heart melts with love and longing for me! Would that we would ever cry, “Jesus, make haste to come to me!” Would that we might ever long for His presence as He does for ours!

The bride hears her Beloved, and her heart is stirred. Can you not see her in the garden? She hears the sweet command: “let me hear it” and turns to hasten to the clearing at the garden’s edge that looks toward the mountains. Across the valley she calls: “Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spice.”

Here ends the book of Solomon’s song, leaving the church where she ought to be, crying out to Jesus to come quickly - by His Spirit to commune with us now, and in His person to gather us to His presence forever.

Thus also ends the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ: “He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” - Rev. 22:20