Study
3 From the Book of Song of Solomon is: Song of Solomon 3:6 – 5:1
1- What do you
make of Solomon’s entrance here, and of his part in the whole of the Son? See
also, e.g., 1:1, 12; 6:8, 9, 12; 7:1,5; 8:11, 12.
2- What do
these frank expressions of a man’s physical delight in his bride teach us about
the place of sexual attraction in love and marriage? What is the significance
of the private garden image?
3- Scripture
uses marriage as a picture of God’s relationship to His people and Christ’s
relationship to His church. See, e.g., Is. 62:4, 5; Eph. 5:21-33. Is there,
therefore, a sense in which 4:8-15 illustrates this relationship? Cf. Pss.
147:10, 11; 149:1. Is our heart reserved for Christ alone?
Notes
1- 3:7. ‘Liter:
in verse 9, ;palanquin’: a couch covered by a canopy home by four or more men.
2- 4:4. The
neck, decked with ornaments, is compared to a battlemented tower, hung with
shields.
3- 4:8. On the
three-character analysis the bride hears the voice of her beloved, calling her
to himself and the verse may be taken as a poetic description of the dangers to
which she is exposed in the palace.
