Why the Shulamite was praised as “terrible as an army with banners”. What is the importance of this to us?

[Leonardo Von]

Why the Shulamite was praised as “terrible as an army with banners”. What is the importance of this to us?

In Song 6:4,10, Shulamite was considered terrible as an army with banners. This sounds like antic to a woman. If it was an encomium to the husband, this would be very comprehensible, for this would denote boldness, strength, wisdom.

Nonetheless, an army with banners is an army which, although made up of several tribes, all of them are perfectly organized and united in one manner of thinking and feeling (1Cor 1:10).

But, why not only one banner (that is to say, only one tribe)? Because the purport of the Creator never was only one person reigning over millions of people. Recollect that, since the beginning, the Creator enjoined people to go all around the world (Gen 1:28). The idea was people spreading along all the Earth, with many people leading few people (and not the opposite) and each people respecting the other peoples and cooperating with them in Christ Jesus.

Try to fancy a great army comprised of several peoples and they caring for each other in a perfect organization and harmony. This brings terrors to everyone who yearn for making some harm to the people who are under the protection of this army.

So, if the wife can welcome all of those who Jesus brings to her husband and copes with them as a general who knows every soldier, knows the right position of everyone (as well as the suitable weapons to each one) and is able to make them organized in an intimate family, she will look terrible to the attacks of Ha-Satan and his servants. Her home will be secure and a blessing.

It's good to recall that Deborah overcame the war when she welcomed all Israel’s people (most of them were part of Israel’s army) as her children (Judge 5:7). It’s not in vain that Paul said:

•    1Ti 2:15 -> “Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”. 

So, have a good day welcoming all different people in Christ Jesus and seeking harmonizing them so that, together, you all can seek Jesus:

•    1Jn 1:3 -> “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”.