I was reading some it one day. And it sounded more like a love story between a man and his wife. It's the only book in the bible I understand. I really think it's a nice poetic verse. What do you think of the Song of Solomon? By the way, I'm a non-christan.
2007-03-16 13:01:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's an absolutely beautiful book. One the first level it is a love story between a husband and his wife, one the next level it's a picture of the relationship between Jesus Christ and the church, his bride. Glad you liked it, God bless!
2007-03-16 13:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has generally been interpreted as an allegory of the love relationship between Christ and His Bride, the Church. Compare New Testament passages II Corinthians 11:2,3, Ephesians 5:22-33 and Revelation 19:7-9; 21:2,10ff., 22:17
For a Book interpreting the symbolism, I would recommend "Union and Communion" by J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China.
It can be found online.
Go to:
http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/Union.and.Communion.html
2007-03-16 20:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's definitely a love story and might make a nice play. I think George Clooney would make a nice Solomon and Angelina Jolie would be perfect for his wife, but then that would have to be a movie. who cares? And I'm glad a non-Christian is enjoying a holy book other than their own.
2007-03-16 20:03:28 · answer #3 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a love story! It also symbolizes Christ's love for His bride, His followers. King Solomon was an attractive man and had a weakness for women, but it was a romantic song of poetry, and portrays how the groom thinks about his bride and longs for her.
2007-03-16 20:16:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a love story but some people read into it a picture of Christ's love for the church. Other people say that's nonsense although there are parallels between a Jewish King making a Gentile his bride.
2 Corinthians 11:2 I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Ephesians 5:28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body.
2007-03-16 20:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a story of a king in love with a young girl who in nearing the age where she can be wed. The king, Solomon, known for his intelligence and wealth could not steal her heart away from her Sheppard boy.
It is more than just about love or lust.
It is about integrity and making your yes mean yes and you’re no mean no.
2007-03-16 20:08:24 · answer #6 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a great story! And it no coincidence that it is in the center of the Bible. The whole Bible's hidden meaning (mystery) is the relationship between husband and wife. It all starts with Adam. The woman is separated from Adam and you now have two entities that interact with each other throughout the rest of the Bible.
The bridegroom in the Bible is referred to as Christ. So the Church (mankind) must be the bride.
One thing that is repeated over and over again in The Song of Solomon is "I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please."
The daughters (other souls) are not to "awake" HIM until he is ready.
Christ represents the bridegroom in the Song of Solomon and our souls represent his lover. But he will not awake until he please.
Eph.5
[14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
1Cor.15
[51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Eph.5
[31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
[32] This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
The great mystery is that man and woman on this earth will never be one flesh (for two "separate" physical entities to be one flesh is impossible scientifically if not impossible anyway). But male and female counterparts of one individual person (e.g. spirit and soul) will most certainly be joined and finally be one as ONE flesh (this is not scientifically impossible, but in fact practical). When we awaken Christ in us when he is ready, we become one with him.
God intended us to have a spirit inside of us that we acknowledge and let guide us (Christ). When we do this we become joined with Christ. That is how God intended it until Eve decided that she knew better.
This follows the Song of Solomon story of how she seeks him and cannot find him, he is at the door but he withdraws himself. This is our soul trying to seek Christ, our true love. What a wondrous journey of love. And our love relationships can mirror this love as well. The natural things of this world are used to help us understand the spiritual things we cannot see.
Rom.1
[20] For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Hos.6
[2] After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
2007-03-16 20:42:50 · answer #7 · answered by Sand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a love story- and a beautiful one at that :D
Song of Solomon was written by King Solomon himself, but is presented in 3 different perspectives: Solomon's, a Shulamite maiden and her fiance`, a shepherd boy.
The Shulamite maiden and her fiance` are deeply in love and awaiting their wedding when King Solomon sees the maiden and falls in love with her because of her beauty and humility.
Solomon proceeds to try to woo the maiden with compliments and promises of riches to come, but she refuses because of how deeply she is in love with her betrothed.
It really does explain what true love is like! :D
2007-03-16 20:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by danni_d21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song of Solomon is more prophetic than prose. It speaks of God's people as the virginal bride; in her virginal beauty, her faithfulness at first, her acts of adultry, involvement in adultry, suffering, and eventually her repentance and return to her loving and forgiving husband, Jesus Christ in the last days; the commencement of the Millennium.
2007-03-16 20:20:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a love story, and if you have enough interest to pick up the bible and read it, then maybe you should consider Christianity.
2007-03-16 20:06:06 · answer #10 · answered by Angela F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋