The S.O.S: A Handmaid’S Guide to the Apocalypse

By Stephen MacDonald

The S.O.S.

A Handmaids Guide to the Apocalypse.


For all the ages are not worth the day on which the Song Of Songs was given to Israel. For all the writings are holy but the Song Of Songs is the Holy of Holies .


These words by Rabbi Akiva ben Yoseph, who is considered to be one of the greatest Jewish rabbis, were uttered during a debate when the Song Of Songs was being considered for expulsion from the Tanach.

He clearly won the debate.

Of all the one thousand and five songs penned by King Solomon, one song gained the superlative The Song of Songs .

There are many ways that this Song has been interpreted through the ages but until now, at a time such as this, it has been a hidden eschatological treasure. Once the reader sees the meaning of Chapter Five they will never read it in the same way again.

This book uses the Song of Songs as a commentary on the Parable of the Wise and Foolish virgins. There are many references in the Song which act as keys to unlocking the message that will leave the reader in no doubt that we are now in the time when we need to be preparing ourselves for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Sue Semper.
I have been a Christian for many years and many times heard it preached from the pulpit that the return of Jesus is imminent. Now older in years and a bit wiser I know there are events to take place before His return. Reading this book has brought to light that this day is almost upon us and I want to be awake and ready for the return.
Thank you Steve for taking the time to produce this book it really is time for believers to wake up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Mar 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781499095739

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Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE

Wedding Bells for Wedding Belles

The Great Escape

Let Us Feast

Hold the Yeast and Make Haste

A Taste of Honey

Hold the Raisins, We’re Not Pagans

PART TWO

The Sleeping Beauty

Imagine There Is a Heaven; It’s Easy If You Try

My Friend

Knock, Knock, Who’s there? Nobody

Let’s Dance

The Bride’s Apocalypse

She’s Got the Keys to the Door

Preparation Time

Mr and Mrs?

My Darling, You Look (and Smell) Wonderful Tonight

Essential Oils

Let’s Get Excited

Finishing Touches

Soon and Very Soon We Are Going to See the King

Once Awake, Stay Awake

The Vineyard Prepared

The Finale

I would like to

thank June Buckley, Susan Semper, Chris

and Claire Ryan for their help in producing this book.

The Song of Songs

Which Is Solomon’s

The Banquet

The Shulamite

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth,

For your love is better than wine.

Because of the fragrance of your good ointments

Your name is ointment poured forth.

Therefore the virgins love you.

Draw me away!

The Daughters of Jerusalem

We will run after you.

The Shulamite

The king has brought me into his chambers.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

We will be glad and rejoice in you.

We will remember your love more than wine.

The Shulamite

Rightly do they love you.

I am dark but lovely, O Daughters of Jerusalem.

Like the tents of Kedar,

Like the curtains of Solomon.

Do not look upon me because I am dark

Because the sun has tanned me.

My mother’s sons were angry with me.

They made me the keeper of the vineyards

But my own vineyards I have not kept.

(To Her Beloved)

Tell me, O you whom I love,

Where you feed your flocks,

Where you make it rest at noon.

For why should I be as one who veils herself

By the flocks of your companions?

The Beloved

If you do not know, O fairest amongst women,

Follow in the footsteps of the flock

And feed your little goats besides the shepherds tents.

I have compared you, my love,

To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.

Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

Your neck with chains of gold.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

We will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.

The Shulamite

While the king is at his table

My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me

That lies all night between my breasts.

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms

In the vineyards of En Gedi.

The Beloved

Behold you are fair my love,

Behold you are fair.

You have dove’s eyes

The Shulamite

Behold you are handsome my beloved!

Yes, pleasant!

Also our bed is green.

The beams of our houses are cedar

And our rafters of fir.

I am the rose of Sharon

And the lily of the valleys.

The Beloved

Like a lily among thorns

So is my love among the daughters.

The Shulamite

Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods

So is my beloved among the sons.

I sat down in his shade with great delight

And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)

He brought me to the banqueting house

And his banner over me was love.

Sustain me with cakes of raisins,

Refresh me with apples

For I am lovesick.

His left hand is under my head

And His right hand embraces me.

I charge you O Daughters of Jerusalem

By the gazelles or by the does of the field

Do not stir up nor awaken love

Until it pleases.

The Beloved’s Request

The Shulamite

The voice of my beloved!

Behold he comes,

Leaping upon the mountains,

Skipping upon the hills.

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

Behold he stands behind our wall,

He is looking through the windows,

Gazing through the lattice.

My beloved spoke and said to me,

‘Rise up my love, my fair one

And come away.

For lo, winter is passed,

The rain is over and gone,

The flowers appear on the earth.

The time of singing has come

And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

The fig tree has put forth her green figs

And the vine with the tender grapes

Give up a good smell.

Rise up my love my fair one

And come away.

O my dove in the clefts of the rock,

In the secret places of the cliff,

Let me see your face.

Let me hear your voice

For your voice is sweet

And your face is lovely.’

Her Brothers

Catch us the foxes,

The little foxes that spoil the vine

For our vines have tender grapes.

The Shulamite

My beloved is mine, and I am His,

He feeds His flock among the lilies.

(To Her Beloved)

Until the day breaks

And the shadows flee away,

Turn my beloved

And be like a gazelle

Or a young stag

Upon the mountains of Bether.

A Troubled Night

The Shulamite

By night on my bed I sought the one I love.

I sought him but I did not find him.

I will rise now I said

And go about the city,

In the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I love.

I sought him but I did not find him.

The watchmen who go about the city found me.

I said, Have you seen the one I love?

Scarcely had I passed by them

When I found the one I love.

I held him and I would not let him go

Until I had brought him into the house of my mother.

Into the chambers of her who conceived me.

I charge you O Daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the does of the field,

Do not stir up nor awaken love

Until it pleases.

The Coming of Solomon

The Shulamite

Who is this coming out of the wilderness

Like pillars of smoke,

Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,

With all the merchants fragrant powders?

Behold it is Solomon’s couch,

With sixty valiant men around it

Of the valiant of Israel.

They all hold swords

Being expert in war.

Every man has his