Song of Solomon

(S1) The story (The Wisdom of Solomon telling stories)

A woman dreams of a man and meets him among the shepherds. They fall in love, but the story isn’t over. Her love disappears in the middle of the night when they are most deeply in love and she searches everywhere for him. Eventually they are reunited and their love is stronger than ever.

(S2) What is Love? Don’t frame in 5 different types

Love manifests in many different ways, depending on the parties involved. The maximum love I have for my wife looks differently than the maximum love I have for my brother Sam, however they are both love. They both have the same root which is unity and intimacy (honesty).

That’s useful: I can learn things about my love for my wife that I can apply to my love for Sam. That’s why, for example, scripture says that an Elder must lead their family well in order to be qualified to lead a church. You can tell how someone will love their church by the way they love their family.

(S3) The love of marriage (The church does this wrong)

(S4) Delight:

Song of Solomon 1:2–3 (NIV) (SHE)

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. 3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

Song of Solomon 2:14 (NIV)

14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

(S5) Admiration:

Song of Solomon 1:9–11 (NIV) (HE)

9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses. 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. 11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.

Song of Solomon 2:8 (NIV)

8 Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

(S6) Provision, Goodness:

1:11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.

(S7) Exclusivity, Commitment:

Song of Solomon 2:2–3 (NIV) (2HE,3SHE)

2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women. 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Song of Solomon 5:10 (NIV)

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

Song of Solomon 6:8–9 (NIV)

8 Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; 9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her.

(S8) Ownership:

Song of Solomon 2:16 (NIV)

16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)

3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies.

(S9) Passion:

Song of Solomon 3:3–4 (NIV)

3 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. “Have you seen the one my heart loves?” 4 Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves.

(S10) Completely intimate:

Chapters 4-5 They describe every inch of the other and their love for every piece. Even the scent of their breath.

(S11) Overwhelming:

Song of Solomon 2:5 (NIV)

5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 5:8 (NIV)

8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you— if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 6:4–5 (NIV)

4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners. 5 Turn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

(S12) Friendship:

Song of Solomon 5:16 (NIV)

16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

(S13) Desire:

Song of Solomon 7:10 (NIV)

10 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

(S14) Jealous for time:

Song of Solomon 8:1 (NIV)

1 If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

(S15) Reciprocal:

3 notes:

The man and the woman are not named. This is not about how beautiful or wonderful either of them are. In the beginning the man talks about his leathered skin from working in the fields all his life.

This is not puppy love. Meagan and I 10 years, Jim Jones and Stephanie 38 years, Hogan and Teressa come give me a kiss.

When God instituted marriage this is what he had in mind. Our benchmark for a successful marriage should not be, didn’t get divorced. This is only achievable following His blueprint for marriage. He’s had a perfect relationship in the Trinity for all eternity He knows how to do it (I don’t like… )

I don’t have that, how do I get it? It’s not something you get or find, it’s something you build. How do I build it? Find someone who’s trying to build the same thing and get to work.

(S16) Our love for God (How can you if you don’t know what love is?)

Reciprocal, Jealous for time, Desire, Friendship, Overwhelming, Passion, Ownership, Exclusivity, Commitment, Provision, Goodness, Admiration, Delight

(S17)God’s love for us (How can you receive it if your definition’s been tainted?)

Reciprocal, Jealous for time, Desire, Friendship, Overwhelming, Passion, Ownership, Exclusivity, Commitment, Provision, Goodness, Admiration, Delight

(S18)Song of Solomon

God made marriage to be an ever-burning passion of physical, emotional, and spiritual intimacy so that, through that vision, we might learn the type of relationship He wants to have with us. Yes God’s love informs us how we should love each other, but our love for each other can also teach us how to experience God’s love and love Him in return.

Song of Solomon performs 2 main functions: gives you an ideal marriage and sets up the metaphor He’s going to use later to describe His love for Israel and eventually His love for the church.