Master of Romance 💘

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The Song of Solomon is a collection of passionate and sometimes racy love poems written between two lovers. If you need the synopsis... she desperately wants him to enter her "garden", and he wants to climb her like a palm tree and grab her "fruit". God is never mentioned. So it begs the question... why is this book in the bible?

The poems paint a picture of two people who deeply long for one another and are completely devoted to each other. Their openness and vulnerability are reminiscent of Adam and Eve before the Fall.

Many take its meaning further. The Jewish interpretation sees the couple’s love as a symbol of God's covenant with Israel. Christians believe it's symbolic of Christ's love for the church, which is compared to a husband's love for his wife in Ephesians 5:25.

Whether you read it as poetry, theology, or both... The Song of Songs reminds us that love and sex are a gift from God. It's also full of one-liners that will sweep any woman off her feet. Take note, men.

Song of Solomon 4:1

How beautiful you are, my darling! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead.

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

Song of Solomon 7:2

Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.

Final Thoughts:

King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. So you may doubt his techniques, men, but that just shows how little you know.

Actually, for many scholars, Solomon’s extreme “marital status” suggests that he did not author the Song of Solomon, since in the poems, the man’s heart belongs fully to one woman (as God intended).