The Royal Priesthood and the Savior's Coming
That is why he called it ivory: such deacons as Paul calls dignified, not given to much wine (1 Timothy 3:8).
'A king bound in the galleries' (Song of Songs 7:5). Or, taken another way, he says that the bond of the peoples' love is brought into a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). Or else, 'in your delight' (Song of Songs 7:6) means in your love, because some are reckoned even among the righteous themselves.
The breasts are likened to clusters (Song of Songs 7:7), clusters that hold spiritual gladness. Or it means that I bring the confession, and 'His turning is toward me' (Song of Songs 7:10), either at the second coming, or also from the people of the Jews. So the bride's food is made holy, since Christ feasts with her.
That is, the Church prays that the Savior may come to dwell in Judea, by the providence of the One who gives Him to mankind, so that He may nurse at the breast of the Mother of God (Song of Songs 8:1).
Greek
καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὁμολογοῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ μυστήρια. ∆ιόπερ ἐλεφάντινον εἴρηκεν, ὁποίους ὁ Παῦλός φησιν διακόνους σεμνοὺς, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας. Βασιλεὺς δεδεμένος ἐν παραδρομαῖς. Ἢ καὶ ἄλλως, σύνδεσμον τῆς τῶν λαῶν ἀγάπης ἄγεσθαί φησιν εἰς βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα. Ἢ καὶ ἐν τρυφῇ σου, τῇ ἀγάπῃ σου, διὰ τό τινα καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν δικαίων νομίζεσθαι. Τοῖς δὲ βότρυσιν οἱ μασθοὶ ἀπεικάζονται, τοῖς ἔχουσι τὴν πνευματικὴν εὐφροσύνην. Ἢ ὅτι ἐγὼ τὴν ὁμολογίαν προσάγω, καὶ ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ αὐτοῦ· ἢ ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ, ἢ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Ἁγιάζεται τοίνυν ἡ τροφὴ τῆς νύμφης, συνευωχουμένου Χριστοῦ. Ἤγουν εὔχεται τὴν ἐπιδημίαν τοῦ Σωτῆρος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἡ Ἐκκλησία γενέσθαι, κατὰ πρόνοιαν τοῦ διδόντος αὐτὸν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἵνα θηλάσῃ τὴν Θεοτόκον. Εὑροῦσά