Bible Survey
Song of Solomon
Title
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Hebrew –
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Greek
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Latin – Canticum Canticorum
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Author
Solomon
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Date of Writing
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965 BC
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Theme
Love
We must read SOS on two levels: First, the
historical relationship between Solomon and
the Shulamite; Second, the eternal relationship
between God and his people.
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Isaiah 54:5-6 "For your husband is your
Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of
Israel, Who is called the God of all the
earth. 6 For the LORD has called you, Like
a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even
like a wife of one's youth when she is
rejected," Says your God.
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Ezekiel 16:8-14 "Then I passed by
you and saw you, and behold, you
were at the time for love; so I spread
My skirt over you and covered your
nakedness. I also swore to you and
entered into a covenant with you so
that you became Mine," declares the
Lord GOD.
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Hosea 2:16-20 "It will come about in that
day," declares the LORD, "That you will
call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me
Baali…. 19 I will betroth you to Me
forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in
righteousness and in justice, In
lovingkindness and in compassion, 20 And
I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will know the LORD.”
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Christ in Song of Solomon
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous
for you with a godly jealousy; for I
betrothed you to one husband, so
that to Christ I might present you as
a pure virgin.
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your
wives, just as Christ also loved the church
and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He
might sanctify her, having cleansed her by
the washing of water with the word, 27
that He might present to Himself the
church in all her glory, having no spot or
wrinkle or any such thing; but that she
would be holy and blameless.
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Revelation 19:7-9 "Let us rejoice and be
glad and give the glory to Him, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come and His
bride has made herself ready." 8 It was
given to her to clothe herself in fine linen,
bright and clean; for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he
said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who
are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are
true words of God."
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Christ in Song of Solomon
Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls full of
the seven last plagues came and spoke
with me, saying, "Come here, I will show
you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
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Christ in Song of Solomon
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Bridegroom: You are altogether beautiful,
my darling, And there is no blemish in you.
(4:7)
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Bride: Like an apple tree among the trees of
the forest, So is my beloved among the
young men. In his shade I took great delight
and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my
taste. 4 He has brought me to his banquet
hall, And his banner over me is love. (2:3-4)
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Christ in Song of Solomon
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Bride: For your love is better than wine.
(1:2)
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Bride: I was asleep but my heart was
awake. A voice! My beloved was
knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my
darling, My dove, my perfect one! (5:2)
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Bridegroom: You are as beautiful as
Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as
Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with
banners. (6:4)
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Marriage in Song of Solomon
Understanding that this book is not only a
picture of God’s love for his people is also
very important. Song of Solomon may be
seen also as a divine mandate for married
couples to enjoy the physical aspect of
their relationship. It is one of God’s
reminders that sex is a good thing within
the bonds of marriage. We must not
allow ourselves to think that the
physicality of life is shameful.
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Marriage in Song of Solomon
“There is no point in trying to be more spiritual
than God. God never meant man to be a purely
spiritual creature. That is why he uses material
things like bread and wine to put the new life
into us. We may think this rather crude and
unspiritual. God does not: he invented eating.
He likes matter. He invented it.”
(Mere Christianity, Book 2, Ch. 5)
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Place in the Canon
Historically, it tells us about Solomon’s
relationship with the Shulamite.
Theologically, it tells us of God’s
relationship with us. Devotionally, it
reminds us to have a love for God that
is as much greater than our love for
anything or anyone else as our love for
our spouse is greater than our love for
any other person.
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