Song of Solomon

The Most Beautiful of Songs
A Parable of Divine Love

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 Set me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion as intense as Sheol. The flames of love are flames of fire, a blaze that comes from the Lord. Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot put it out.

Song of Solomon 2:4 He has brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

The Song of Solomon describes the love and marriage of Solomon, the Beloved, and a country maiden, the Shulamite.
It consists entirely of speeches, chiefly by the Shulamite and Solomon. Because it is ancient poetry, it differs widely from the way a devout present-day writer might present the same basic ideas. It depicts the beauty of pure love between a man and a woman, which ripens into an undying mutual devotion. The basic message is the purity and sacredness of love and marriage.

This book was written early in Solomon's reign, long before his many wives turned his life away from devotion to his first love. Although there have been numerous interpretations of this book, the most obvious interpretation is no interpretation at all. It is simply what it appears to be - a romantic love poem describing the love of young Solomon and a Shulamite maiden who became his first bride.

When we view it as the personal journey of the soul along the path of life, it aligns with the central themes of all Scripture: death and resurrection.

It represents the transition from the struggles of life to a more profound existence in God—a hidden life that serves as the foundation for practical duty.

Philippians 3:8 Consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord.  It is because of Him that I have experienced the loss of all those things.  Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah.