An Absent Christ Yet Beloved
Songs 2:8-17
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.…


1. An absent Christ is yet a beloved Christ to His true Church, and to the truly believing soul.

2. The spouse of Christ will know her Beloved's voice, though He hath a while been absent.

3. The spouse of Christ will greatly rejoice to hear her Beloved's voice, especially after a time of absenting Himself.

4. Though Christ may withdraw, and absent Himself from His Church, and from the souls of His people, yet He will come.

5. When He comes, He will come skipping upon the mountains and leaping upon the hills, openly and hastily, and trampling all difficulties and impediments under His feet.

6. The Church, and the true members of it, will by the eye of faith discern Christ coming, skipping upon the mountains.

(John Collinges, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

WEB: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.




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