Tag: Song of Solomon

Reflections on Song of Solomon 5-8

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Today’s passage speaks of love within marriage.

  • Delight in one another – These chapters speak clearly of the couple’s delight in one another. Why is this important in marriage?  If you are married, in what ways do you delight in your spouse?
  • Strength of love – Real love is strong; it cannot be quenched (8:6-7). Real love endures.  How is this truth an important complement to the book’s focus on love as a desire for one another?  If you are married, how do you need to apply both romance and endurance to your marriage?

Reflections on Song of Solomon 1-4

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Song of Solomon begins with a time of courtship leading ultimately to the wedding in chapter 4.

  • Awakening romantic love – Twice, we are called not to awaken love (the feelings and desires of romance) before it is time (2:7, 3:5). Why is this teaching more helpful than just “don’t do it”?  How might this teaching have helped you in the past?  If you are single, how might this teaching help you now?  Practically, what does living this out mean for you?
  • Wedding – The husband comes to the wedding (3:6-11). He is enraptured with his bride (4:1-15).  Following the wedding, the marriage is consummated (4:16-5:1).  What truths does this passage speak to our culture?  The church?  You?

Song of Solomon: A Love Poem

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(1-8) Read through the entire book.  Do you think this book is primarily a love poem about a young man and a young woman or an allegory about Christ and His church?  Why?

What do you think the human author intended this book to be?

(1-8) Starting with the love poem interpretation, what is God telling us about romantic, even sexual, love within marriage?

(1-2, 5-6, 8) What are some tips we might we learn about marriage from this young couple’s example?

8:6-7 –

6:3, 2:16 –

5:16 –

2:10 & 13 –

2:2-3 –

1:9 –

(2, 3, 8) What instruction is given three times in this book (2:7, 3:5, 8:4)?  Why is this instruction more helpful than just instructing youth/singles to not have sex outside of marriage?

(1-8) Throughout the Old Testament, marriage is a picture of God’s relationship with Israel.  In the New Testament, marriage is a picture of Christ and His church.  How might we apply the following passages to our relationship with the Lord?

1:2 (see Psalm 63:3) –

2:10 & 13 –

2:16, 6:3 –

3:1-3 (see Psalm 63:1) –

8:6-7 –