Day 7 - Sabbath (Saturday) - Lord's Day - Daily Devotions - Logos
Morning, April 13 Go To Evening Reading “A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.” —Song of Solomon 1:13 Myrrh may be chosen as the type of Jesus because of its preciousness, perfume, pleasantness, healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and connection with sacrifice . But why is he compared to “a bundle of myrrh”? First, for plenty . He is not a drop of it; he is a casket full. He is not a sprig or flower but a whole bundle. There is enough in Christ for all my necessities; let me not be slow to avail myself of him. Our well-beloved is compared to a “bundle” again, for variety : there is in Christ not only the one thing needful, but in “him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,” everything needful is in him. Take Jesus in his different characters, and you will see a marvelous variety—Prophet, Priest, King, Husband, Friend, Shepherd. Consider him in his life, death, resurrection, ascension, second advent; view him in his virtue, gentleness, cour...