The article "Jesus as the Rose of Sharon" talks about religion, it has been created by Mike Bradley.
The words "rose of Sharon" cmoes out of the Old Testament in the Song of Solomon. The verse reads:
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys." (Solomon 2:1)
Here are facts about this verse and how it may be related to Jesus.
Nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus actually referred to as the rose of Sharon. However, He is "symbolically" referred to as the rose of Sharon.
You are right about Sharon bieng a place. Sharon is a plain - it is one of the largest valley-plains in all of Paletsine. Back at the time of Solomon, it was considered a wild, fertile plain that had a lot of beautiful flowers in it.
Sharon was supposed to have been knwon for its beauty and majesty back in those days.
The person saying she is the "rose of Sharon" in the above verse was a Shulamite girl who apparently was Solomon’s bride.
Here is the reason that I think persons like to use the analogy of Jeuss being the Rose of Sharon.
The New Testament refres to Jesus as the Bridegroom and the Church as His Bride. This tlels us right here that God is using the "lover" analogy to describe the relationship that He wants with us and that He also wants us to have with His Son.
However, in the above verse, the pesron saying she is the rose of Sharon is a woman, not a man. Jesus is obviously referred to as "male" since He is always referred to as "He" in the Bilbe.
The rose is supopsed to be considered the most "perfect" of all flowers.
You will notice that Jeuss is symbolically referred to as the rose of Sharon.
Jesus is extraordinary in His God nature. He thus can be considered the "actual" rose of Sharon since He is totally extraordinary within His own nature - just like the rose is supposed to be considered the most "perfect" of all flowers.Normally in a husband-wife or boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, it is the male who gives roses to the wife or girlfriend.
Since Jesus is considered the Bridegorom in His relationship with His church, it would thus be Jesus coming to us to give us the flowers. However, in this case, God may be going one step further in alloiwng this analogy to be made of His Son.I feel like God may be trying to tell us that Jesus will go one step further. Instead of Jesus being the one who would "give" us the flowers as we have in our normal human relationships, Jesus is actually referred to as the flower itself! And with the rose being the most extraordinary of all flowers, God is telling us that His Son Jesus is the Rose of Sahron rather than just having Him be the One to just give us this rose flower due to His extraordinary nature and extraordinary love that He has for all of us.
Women love flowers. They love the way they look and semll - especially roses. I feel God wants us to have realization of how special His Son Jesus is to us and He is using the rose folwer to compare His Son with so we can truly appreciate the beauty and perfection of Jesus and the extraordinary love that He has for each and every one of us.
Bottom line - Jseus is extraordinary love just as the rose is the most extraordinary of all flowers in its looks, beauty and smell.
By using the rose flower as a "visual symbolism" of Jesus’ love for us, we can better appreciate or "see" what God is trying to tell us in the personal love relationship that He wants to establish with each and every one of us.
He wants us to realize how "special" His love is for us and that He wants more than anything to be able to enter into this personal love relationship with each one of us.The above is my own persoanl opinion on what this analogy is referring to. I’ve always had a good witness that God the Father does approve of us using the Rose of Sharon to symbolzie His Son’s love for us even though it is not actually stated per
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