Why "Palms of Victory"?

In the Song of Solomon 7:7, Solomon refers to the stature of the church as being like unto a Palm Tree!
The Palm tree is seen as a symbol of victory in the Christian's life. This palm tree would have to be a Royal Palm because of the reference in 7:5 to the hair of the church as being PURPLE! Purple in the Bible is the color of royalty. Webster said that the greatest royalty is royalty by birth. We have been birthed into the family of the King of Kings!
The Royal Palm stands straight and tall in it's regal presentation in contrast to the other palms that maybe twisted or bent. When the storms blow the Royal Palm will bend to the wind but will rise back up when the sun shines upon it after the storm has passed by. We as Christians need to learn to bend to the storms and let them blow over us and then we can rise back up in the power of the Son! To fight the storms can cause us to break under the pressure. At the top of the Palm tree, above the green velvet like collar of the Royal Palm, are the branches extending forth like unto a Crown. This would be symbolic of the Crowns we can receive for faithfully serving our sweet Lord!
Solomon spoke in verse 8 of the encouragement of the church as he said, "I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof." What a joy to know that there is encouragement in the church, the body of Christ! This is the reason the writer in Hebrews 10:25 said, "not forsaking the the assembling of ours together, as the manner of some is." We are strengthened by the presence of each believer in the Church. Eph. 4:16
It is noteworthy that when Jesus rode into Jerusalem that the people waved Palm branches.
The song writer penned the wonderful words, "Palms of Victory, Crowns of Glory." There is victory in Jesus!

He has Risen & He Lives! The TRUTH!

sEaster has finally arrived. The Christian Community will pour out in new adornings, celebrating a new beginning through the resurrection of Christ. Biblically, we celebrate this event every Sunday morning, and don't have to wait until Easter to recognize that Christ lives.
Does this mean I am against the celebration of this great event in the spring of the year? NO!

However, we must celebrate it in Spirit and Truth and not according to traditions. It is not about pagan traditions, but about the overcoming of death, the devil, demons, depravity and all that comes with the curse on man as a result of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. (Rom 5:12)

The Celebration is the result of Christ being Crucified; being made a Curse for us; (Gal. 3:13) and being the Conquering Lord after spending Three Days and Three Nights in the Tomb! God didn't open the tomb to let Jesus out, but to let man look in and see that He was gone. (Matt.28:6)

The Hope of humanity and this creation is not in Religion, Mother Nature, Humanism, or Materialism, but in the Risen Savior, which is Christ the Lord!

Millions have walked by the tomb of great Religous leaders and the tomb of Lenin, the father of Communism, and seen their remains; but millions have walked by the tomb of Jesus and no one has seen his remains for HE LIVES! HALLELUAH! PRAISE HIS WONDERFUL NAME! HIS NAME IS: JESUS CHRIST THE LORD!!!

Beautiful Feet!

In all my life I have never seen BEAUTIFUL FEET. Yet, in the Song of Solomon, the church is described as having beautiful feet with SHOES! Now my wife, Brenda, likes this scripture as she believes if you find a pair of shoes that you like, that you should buy them in every color.

Our Lord also describes the feet as beautiful for those that spread the Gospel. The shoes are described in Eph. 6 as the shoes of Peace. Certainly the spreading of the Gospel will bring peace.

When you walk barefooted, as I did in my childhood, your feet are prone to get dirty and to be bruised or cut. This shows us that a Christian that leaves of his/her witness loses protection in their Christian walk and can become dirty like the world, and can be hurt by the things in the world.

Let me challenge you to put on your gospel shoes , spread the good news, and hear your master say, "How beautiful are those feet!"