Song of Songs--Warring Bride

I have been looking at the passage that says Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm.
I found out that the Hebrews were accustomed to carry a signet ring hung by a string upon the breast or the heart. This is one picture of setting Him like a seal upon our hearts. I also found that there is an indication that is toward the spiritual warfare involved in doing so. "Set" is to lay violent hands on. Read what this has to say about heart, but I encourage you to read it slowly so that you can digest each thought.


Set Me like a seal upon your.....

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
a) inner part, midst
1) midst (of things)
2) heart (of man)
3) soul, heart (of man)
4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
6) conscience
7) heart (of moral character)
8) as seat of appetites
9) as seat of emotions and passions
10) as seat of courage

I especially like #8 and #9

So, this is the invitation:
Lay violent hands (or violent hold) on me and make me like a sign (signet) on all of your life, everything that you crave, everything that you love, and everything within you is from me, thru me, and to me.

This is what it looks like:
"You are a garden locked up, (sealed up) my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain". sos 4:12 You have reserved yourself for me!

This is the one we see coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved. The one who has went thru all the hard places of warring with the things around her and in her so that she may set Him as the sign, the seal, on her heart. She is coming out of the desert as a conquering, lovesick bride. She won the battle. She has her reward.