SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
6/16/2013 9:09 AM
Introduction to Song
of Solomon
We will begin to look at the introduction to the
book, Song of Solomon in today’s Spiritual Diary. I have a small bit of history with this book
as about fifteen years ago I listened to a series of messages that a man named
Tommy Nelson gave on this book, and these messages were very good, and taught
me thing about this book that I did not know, for I had never studied it before
then. Tommy Nelson is a gifted speaker
from the great state of Texas, and later on he also did a series on
Ecclesiastes which I listened to also. 6/16/2013
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The first verse in the Song of Solomon goes as
follow: “The Song of Songs, which is
Solomon’s.” Now we will look at 1 Kings
4:32: “He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and
his songs were 1,005.” This verse is
speaking of Solomon who wrote 1005 songs, but when we look at Song of Solomon
1:1 we see that this is his song of songs, and this is the best song that
Solomon wrote. When we look at the tabernacle
we know that it has a holy place, but it also has the holy of holies, the best
part of the tabernacle. Jesus Christ is
the King of Kings or the highest King of all.
We believe that Solomon wrote this song early in life before he decided
not to follow what he has written about.
He wrote Ecclesiastes during a skeptical time in his life, near the end
of his life and we see 38 times in that book the words “vanity of vanities.”
Theme: There are
major and minor themes in this book, but the major theme is about the
excitement and enjoyment of sex, love and marriage. God gave us these three as gifts, and unlike
other religions the Jewish religion and Christianity do not condom the sexual activities
of married couples, and this is a guide book for that experience as far as God
is concerned and after all God conducted the first marriage and so we know how
God feels about marriage and the sexual experience of marriage. God says that the two shall become one, and
this is not only true in the sexual experience, but also in the spiritual
experience. If man would only follow God’s
guidelines for the sexual experience there would be no problems with sex in the
world, but since the fall of man the sexual experience has been seen in the
fallen nature too much, for all one has to do is look at the TV adds, and shows
to see what sells and what is popular how sex is used in the wrong way and even
made fun of when done in the right way.
We have movie stars and athletics being praised for the awful way they
conduct their sex lives.
The Song of Solomon also speaks of God’s marriage with
Israel and Christ’s relationship with His bride, the Church. Dr Wiersbe points out that the Song of
Solomon was read during the eight day of the Passover celebration.
Story: Dr. Wiersbe
writes “The Song of Solomon is an ‘outdoor book,’ using many images from nature—gardens,
fields, mountains, flocks, birds, flower, spices, and animals—and the love of
the man and woman fits right into this context.
All nature is God’s gift to us and should be used for His glory,
including sexuality. When a husband and
wife have a beautiful and holy relationship, their whole world becomes beautiful
and holy. Without dodging reality or
defiling God’s gifts, the book deals quite frankly with human sexuality and
shows how it can be sanctified and used for God’s glory. It is a book of metaphors and similes that
uses many literary deices to show us the wonder and glory of divine and human
love. Like the book of Ester, the Song
of Solomon doesn’t mention God’s name, but understanding this book will
certainly make the Lord much more real to you, whether you are married or
single.”
We will continue the introduction in the next SD.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Egypt” (Genesis 45:26).
Today’s Bible
Question: “To whom did Jesus say ‘it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks.?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
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