The Vineyard, the Gardens and the Bride's Last Prayer
'Finding you' (Song of Songs 8:1): that is, outside Jerusalem, where He was crucified (Hebrews 13:12). Or he means the burial that Joseph and Nicodemus provided (John 19:38–40). By pomegranates (Song of Songs 8:2) he means the saints. 'Its encircling walls are walls of fire' (Song of Songs 8:6): the walls of the Church, he says, are fire.
The spiritual Solomon came to have a vineyard (Song of Songs 8:11), and he means the Church. Baal-hamon means 'among those who have believed'. And who are the ones who have believed, if not those who received His commandments?
The one who sits in the gardens (Song of Songs 8:13) watches over the Churches. The companions listen, and they do not judge; rather, the Son does all the judging (John 5:22). The bride longs to hear, 'Enter into the joy of your Lord' (Matthew 25:21). She also asks Him to cast out the wicked, and by saying 'Flee' (Song of Songs 8:14) she asks Him to come to the saints.
Greek
σε. Ἤγουν ἔξω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη. Ἢ τὸν ἐνταφιασμὸν λέγει, ὃν ἤνεγκεν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Νικόδημος. Ῥοῶν δὲ λέγει τῶν ἁγίων. Περίπτερα αὐτῆς, περίπτερα πυρός. Τὰ τείχη, φησὶν, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας πῦρ ἐστι. Τῷ πνευματικῷ Σαλομὼν ἀμπελὼν ἐγενήθη· λέγει δὲ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. Τὸ δὲ Βεελαμὼν Ἐν τοῖς πεπιστευκόσιν ἑρμηνεύεται. Τίνες δὲ πεπιστεύκασιν, ἢ οἱ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ δεξάμενοι; Ὁ μὲν καθήμενος ἐν κήποις, τὰς Ἐκκλησίας ἐπισκοπεῖ· οἱ ἑταῖροι δὲ προσέχουσιν, οὐδὲ κρίνου ‹69.1293› σιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν κρίσιν πᾶσαν ὁ Υἱὸς ποιεῖ. Ἐπιθυμεῖ δὲ ἡ νύμφη ἀκοῦσαι· Εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ Κυρίου σου. Ἀξιοῖ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκβαλεῖν, Φύγε, λέγουσα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἁγίους ἐλθεῖν. 5