King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. (10) He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
I would not strain the figures we meet with in this Song, beyond what they may fairly be supposed to bear; but, both the bed and the chariot of Solomon may be supposed to have reference to Christ's church and people. He rests in his love; and his chariot of salvation, in which he goeth forth for the salvation of his people, is all of the choicest materials. Its being paved with love, gives us full authority to consider the whole an highly finished representation of the infinite preciousness of all that is here meant to be conveyed. Some have thought by the wood of Lebanon; an allusion is made to the cross of Christ, to show the everlasting durableness of the sacrifice Christ offered upon it. The chariot is supposed to mean the covenant of grace, and the blessed gospel in which the Lord Jesus is brought home to the hearts of his people. But whatever be the precise meaning of the whole, evidently it is of Christ's making, and this plainly proves that all the work of redemption, from beginning to end, is the Lord's. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Author and Finisher of Faith.