Till He please.—For when He does stand up to assume control, “there will be a Time of Trouble, such as never was,” in which all these beautiful things upon which you have set your heart will be obliterated.
2:8. The voice of my Beloved—The Church suddenly recognizes the joyful sound, betokening the Second Presence of her Lord.
Behold He cometh—“At midnight there was a cry raised. Behold, He cometh!”
Leaping upon—Dismembering or changing the form of.
The mountains—The autocratic governments of Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, Persia and China.
Skipping upon—Shattering old customs and old political parties, and placing the people more in the ascendency.
The hills—The less autocratic governments of the United States, Mexico, Great Britain, France, etc. “The hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord.”
2:9. My Beloved is like—In swiftness of movement.
A roe or a young hart—Swiftly leaping from mountain to mountain; preparing the world for His coming Reign.
Behold He standeth—“There standeth One among you whom ye know not.”