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Stones Hill Community Church
The Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon celebrates romance as something good, joyful, and God-given. This book is about King Solomon and his peasant girlfriend who eventually became his bride. It flows through all the typical phases of a relationship. You're going to see this couple go from attraction to what we would call dating, to courting, to the wedding, to the honeymoon, to a fight because that's how life is. They fight after the verse on the honeymoon! They make up and then at the end, once they get past all the conflict, they go to a deepening of the relationship. Welcome to the Song of Solomon!
Locations & Times
Ligonier, IN
151 W Stones Hill Rd, Ligonier, IN 46767, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Song of Solomon 1:1-17 - 2:7
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INTRODUCTION
This love song is a series of soliloquies, monologues, dialogues, flashbacks or reminiscences, and dreams. A few of the brides' friends will chime into the song at various places. The Song of Solomon is a poetic celebration of passionate, exclusive, covenant love between a man and a woman. God teaches us about how to open and enjoy this gift He’s given and He teaches us this in a very unique way.
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CONTEXT
One important thing to note about this song: You have 3 speakers in this book. There’s a she; and a he (and they sing songs back-and-forth to each other); and every once in a while you have this chorus of friends “daughters of Jerusalem” that sing over them. Using this chorus as a literary device, Solomon interrupted certain events throughout the song in order to give warnings, emphasize certain points, or move from one scene to another. After the superscription, there are six major units or poems or movements to the song: 1:2–2:7; 2:8–3:5; 3:6–5:1; 5:2–6:3; 6:4–8:4; 8:5–14.
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PROPOSITION
Song of Solomon 1:1-17 and 2:1-7 have like 8 love songs in the SoS album. They tell us we are ready to date, fall in love, and marry when we have a clear idea of what we’re looking for. It also tells us what we can do to rekindle love after our 40th or 50th wedding anniversary. There are great insights into relational intimacy here regardless of the relational stage.
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CONCLUSION
The bible tells us about another King. This great King has beautifully adorned His bride (Song 1:9–11) for her wedding day (Song 3:6–11; cf. Rev 21:2), and she, along with the Spirit, invites all to come and enjoy the pleasures provided by the Bridegroom (Rev 22:17). Whereas He has made her cheeks beautiful with jewelry (Song 1:10), He gave His own cheeks “to those who tore out His beard” (Isa 50:6) as our suffering Servant-King. And all that we lost in the fall, being banished from the lush waters of the garden of Eden, we now regain as our Lover takes us into the beautiful oasis of En-gedi. This King, Shepherd, Bridegroom, and Lover is Paradise restored, and more! There’s one Person who makes it possible. King of Kings, Lord of Lords.