Lebanon in the Songs

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The word "Lebanon" occurs seven times in six verses in the Song of Solomon.  A northern border to Israel, an abundant, fertile standard of earthly glory.  Lebanon is the source of fine wood for Israel and a paradise in the Hebrew imagination.  Here elevated heights, which reach up to ten thousand feet, give Lebanon majesty and glory and the reputation as being the "utmost heights". The elevation is responsible for a heavy rainfall, which falls on the heights in winter as snow.  In places, the snow lasts all year.  The high precipitation and the slow melting snows, coupled with porous aquifers, ensure year-round fertility.  This word "Lebanon" means whiteness, it speaks of the majesty and glory of Christ as the perfect Man.  Only Him is good enough to be the Saviour of the world.

Song 3:9 Freedom of Christ
Song 4:8 Fellowship of Christ
Song 4:11 Fragrance of Christ
Song 4:15 Freshness of Christ
Song 5:15 Features of Christ
Song 7:4 Fortress for Christ

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