When the Beloved is Ready for the Lover

[Ben Masada]

WHEN THE BELOVED IS READY FOR THE LOVER

Sorry if this is not what you expected to read. It is about the Land of Israel and the Jew, an essay based on the Songs of Solomon.

When Israel, the Ten Tribes, was transferred to Assyria, the Assyrian king replaced the Israelites with Assyrians.The Beloved reacted against the newcomers by producing wild animals to kill them. (2 Kings 17:24,25) The Beloved had realized that they were not the real Lover.

By the Rivers of Babylon, when the Lover was asked to sing a song from Zion, he refused on the basis that he could

not sing so far away from the Beloved. (Psalm 137:1-9) At the end of 70 years, the Lover returned to the Beloved, was acknowledged and the Beloved would no longer deny life as it became fruitiful again.

The Romans came, found the Beloved a hell of a thing to control, destroyed the Temple, and expelled the Lover to the four corners of the earth. Then, throughout 2000 years, several pretenders tried to force themselves upon the Beloved but had eventually to leave on the basis that the Beloved would produce nothing but only swamps and malarial mosquitoes. It was the Beloved's way to reject the wrong pretenders.

Came the Arabs and then the Knights, and only wars between them were mounted to make life for both, unbearable. Those knocking at the door were not the Lover but false pretenders; foxes that would come just to spoil the vines. (Songs 2:15) Every time the Beloved would attend to a knocking at the door, it was not the Lover. (Songs 5:5,6) Where is my Lover, the fairest among all lovers? (Songs 5:9)

The Otomans took charge of the Beloved and were forced out. The Beloved would refuse to produce life. They were dispossessed by the British that, equally would only cause misery to themselves and to the Beloved. Where is my Lover? Finally, he knocked at the door in 1948, and the both got elated; it was her real Lover whom she would now embrace again to grow and multiply from every corner; swamps and deserts receded to produce sustenance for life, not only for the Lover, but also for those who had tried and failed. The Beloved had finally welcomed her real Lover. And the two have become one flesh again.

Ben

[Ben Masada]

WHEN THE BELOVED IS READY FOR THE LOVER

Sorry if this is not what you expected to read. It is about the Land of Israel and the Jew, an essay based on the Songs of Solomon.

When Israel, the Ten Tribes, was transferred to Assyria, the Assyrian king replaced the Israelites with Assyrians.The Beloved reacted against the newcomers by producing wild animals to kill them. (2 Kings 17:24,25) The Beloved had realized that they were not the real Lover.

By the Rivers of Babylon, when the Lover was asked to sing a song from Zion, he refused on the basis that he could

not sing so far away from the Beloved. (Psalm 137:1-9) At the end of 70 years, the Lover returned to the Beloved, was acknowledged and the Beloved would no longer deny life as it became fruitiful again.

The Romans came, found the Beloved a hell of a thing to control, destroyed the Temple, and expelled the Lover to the four corners of the earth. Then, throughout 2000 years, several pretenders tried to force themselves upon the Beloved but had eventually to leave on the basis that the Beloved would produce nothing but only swamps and malarial mosquitoes. It was the Beloved's way to reject the wrong pretenders.

Came the Arabs and then the Knights, and only wars between them were mounted to make life for both, unbearable. Those knocking at the door were not the Lover but false pretenders; foxes that would come just to spoil the vines. (Songs 2:15) Every time the Beloved would attend to a knocking at the door, it was not the Lover. (Songs 5:5,6) Where is my Lover, the fairest among all lovers? (Songs 5:9)

The Otomans took charge of the Beloved and were forced out. The Beloved would refuse to produce life. They were dispossessed by the British that, equally would only cause misery to themselves and to the Beloved. Where is my Lover? Finally, he knocked at the door in 1948, and the both got elated; it was her real Lover whom she would now embrace again to grow and multiply from every corner; swamps and deserts receded to produce sustenance for life, not only for the Lover, but also for those who had tried and failed. The Beloved had finally welcomed her real Lover. And the two have become one flesh again.

Ben

As a footnote to this thread, I would like to enhance the view that the Song of Songs in the Scriptures is a classic evidence that almost every statement must be interpreted metaphorically, as the literal interpretation would be too lascivious to gain its place in the Scriptural Jewish Canon.

Ben

Edited September 5, 2012 by Ben Masada