Question to children:
How are the faithful servants, who have fellowship with God?
Answer: They are like a strong tower. “Your neck is like the tower of David….” Son 4:4
Question to intermediates:
Reading Song of Solomon 4:4, "Your neck is like the tower of David...," what biblical doctrine do we find in this text? Explain the prophetic application of the expression "...neck..."
Answer: The doctrine of fellowship. “Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.” Son 4:4
Question to adolescents:
What is the prophetic application of the "Tower of David" and which weapons are available to us?
Answer: Neck speaks of fellowship, because it connects the head (Jesus) to the Body (Church). The weapons are the resources of grace: pleading, prayer, fasting, early morning, praise and the revealed Word.
Question to children:
What should we have in our life?
Answer:The good smell of Christ. "For we are to God the fragrance of Christ..." 2 Corinthians 2:15a.
Question for Intermediates:
What does it mean to have the good fragrance of Christ?
Answer: It is witnessing to everyone around us that we have a new life in Jesus. "While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. Song 1:12
Question for Adolescents:
Reading Song of Solomon 1:12, "While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance," make the comparison with what is written in 2 Corinthians 2:15, "For to God we are the good fragrance of Christ."
Answer: “My spikenard sends forth its fragrance" is the good fragrance of Christ. Jesus is the one who gives the church its perfume, through the operation of the Holy Spirit. "While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. " Song 1:12.
Question to children:
What does the expression “The time of singing has come” represent?
Answer: Jesus will soon return. The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land.” Song of Solomon 2:11-12
Question for the Intermediates:
What does the winter represent prophetically?
Answer: Winter talks about spiritual coldness. “For lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone .” Song of Solomon 2:11
Question for the Adolescents:
Reading S. of Solomon 2:11-12, compare prophetically, with what is written in Luke 21:30 e 31.
Answer:the winter is past; the time of singing has come. To know that the kingdom of God is near. “When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.” Luke 21:30-31.
Question to children:
In the parable, what would the guests participate in?
Answer: Of a great party. “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many.” Luke 14:16b.
Question to Intermediates:
In the parable of the great supper, what was the invitation made to the guests?
Answer: “Come, for all things are now ready” Luke 14:17.
Question to Adolescents:
Reading Song of Solomon 5:1, in the expression: “Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply. O beloved ones!”, compared with the Lord's invitation to the Great Supper, in Luke 14:17.
Answer: The Faithful Church accepted the invitation to participate in the Great Supper at the Rapture. “and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’” Luke 14:17.