The BRIDEGROOM accepts her invitation
“ I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride, I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk.”
Having finally made love and tasted of her delights the bridegroom assures his bride that he is fully satisfied. He has entered the garden of delights, he has plucked the myrrh and spices by absorbing the beauty of her perfumed body, he has eaten the sweetness of the honeycomb by kissing her adorable lips (Song of Solomon 4:11), and he has drunk his wine and milk by enjoying her spiritual beauty (compare Isaiah 55:1-3).
It should be the aim of all our lives to ensure that our heavenly Bridegroom is equally satisfied with our lives in the spiritual sphere, enjoying the beauty that He has bestowed on us, partaking of our love, drinking of our worship, and rejoicing in the fact that our desire is to please only Him. When we think of what He has done for us on the cross, how can we offer Him anything less?
“Eat, O friends (or ‘O lovers'). Drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.”
The Marriage being consummated the bride's call now goes out to the guests to enjoy the remainder of the feast, along with her beloved. Let them eat their fill, let him drink abundantly. Let all experience the joy of her union with her new husband. It is a reminder to us that once we have been united with Him we should immediately begin to call on others to share Him and experience our joy along with us.
(Alternately it may be a call by the daughters of Jerusalem to the couple to enjoy their love to the full, which is responded to by the new wife).