Bible Book of Song of Solomon | Beauty of Marital Love

About Song Of Solomon

Genre: Wisdom Literature. Theme: Beauty of Marital Love

Author

Solomon

Date

c. 965 BC

Read Time

20 mins

Purpose

To celebrate marital love as a gift from God.

Key Verse

Song 8:7 - Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Christ

The Lover of our souls.

Audience

Married couples celebrating God's gift of romance

Interpretation

Allegory of God's love for Israel/Church.

Exclusive Intimacy

A rare biblical celebration of the physical and emotional beauty of marital love.

Poetic Imagery

Uses lush, agricultural and geographical metaphors to describe the beloved.

This book provides a divine endorsement of human sexuality and romance when experienced within the covenant of marriage.

Traditionally viewed as an allegory of God's love for Israel or Christ's love for His Church.

Jesus is the Beloved who loves His Bride with an unquenchable, exclusive, and sacrificial fire.

Song Of Solomon 1 - The Bride Confesses Her Love

Let him kiss me! I am dark and lovely. Tell me, where do you pasture your flock? Follow the tracks, my love. Behold, you are beautiful.

Song Of Solomon 2 - The Bride Adores Her Beloved

She is a lily among thorns. He is an apple tree in the wood. Here he comes, leaping on the mountains. My beloved is mine and I am his.

Song Of Solomon 3 - The Bride's Dream

By night I sought the one whom I love. I brought him into my mother's house. Behold, O daughters of Zion, the carriage of King Solomon!

Song Of Solomon 4 - Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

You are beautiful, my love! Your eyes are doves, your breasts are like fawns. My bride is a garden. Let my beloved come to his garden.

Song Of Solomon 5 - The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

My beloved is knocking! I opened to him but he had gone. The guards found me and wounded me. My beloved is ruddy, his body is ivory.

Song Of Solomon 6 - Together in the Garden of Love

Where has your beloved gone? He has gone to his garden. You are beautiful, my love. Fair as the moon, awesome as an army with banners.

Song Of Solomon 7 - The Bride Gives Her Love

Your thighs are like jewels, your breasts like the fruit of a palm. May your kisses be like wine! Beloved, let us go into the fields.

Song Of Solomon 8 - Longing for Her Beloved

Do not awaken love until it pleases. Love is as strong as death. Solomon had a vineyard, but mine is my own. Make haste, my beloved!