“Thou are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah…” Song of
Solomon 6:4
Tirzah, is not only mentioned in the Song of
Solomon, but also in the reading for today in Numbers.
Tirzah, was one of the five daughters of
Zelophehad. A man who died in the wilderness while the children of Israel sojourned
to the land God promised them.
So, I did some research to find out more
information about the name Tirzah.
This is what I found:
Tirzah-
described as a capital of the northern kingdom
of Israel
during the reigns of Baasha, Elah, Zimri and Omri
(1 Kings 15:33, 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:23). The archaeological site is a
180 dunam (0.18 km²) tell
in the hills of Samaria, northeast of Shechem, in what is currently known as
the West Bank; it has been identified with the Biblical
Tirzah.
Tirzah (Hebrew: תרצה) is a Hebrew word meaning "she is my delight."
In the Bible it is the name of a woman as I stated above.
In the Song of
Solomon I’m not sure if he is comparing his love’s beauty to that of the
capital Tirzah, or to the woman Tirzah. You can decide…
The reason I
decided to write about Tirzah is because she and her sisters kind of reminded
me of the story of the five foolish and five wise virgins. If you don’t know
the story you can read it in Matthew 25. (^_^)
In Numbers, the
five sisters Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and
Tirzah came before God, Moses, and the rest of Israel asking for their inheritance.
“Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son?
Give us property among our father’s relatives.”
These daughters knew who they were
and what their inheritance was. They were prepared to receive it, and they did.
“So Moses brought their case
before the Lord, and the Lord said to him, What Zelophehad's daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their faither's relatives and give their father's inheritance to them."
These sisters were like the five
wise virgins in the sense that they knew they were heirs and that they were
prepared and ready to receive their inheritance. When you receive God’s spirit
you automatically become heirs of Jesus Christ, and have rights to the
inheritance. In the bible it says, “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be
also glorified together." Romans 8:17
What is the great inheritance?...HEAVEN!!
(^_^)
However, we have to be prepared
and ready to receive the inheritance. We need to be like Tirzah. beautiful and
pleasing to GOD’S delight.
“Then
will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of
the
earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory.[d] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other”. Matthew 24:30
earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory.[d] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other”. Matthew 24:30
Stay in God’s peace, not in pieces
=)
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