Here’s how the study works: Read the chapters mentioned in the heading during the week and share any words, thoughts, verses that stood out to you. Having a week for several chapters creates the opportunity to revisit them and make additional comments as you feel inclined as well as make comments on other people’s insights.
6:3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.
We don't know who we are until we know whose we are. We only know ourselves in relationship to others.
The imagery in the Song of Songs shows me that I am God's and he is mine.
6:3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.
We don't know who we are until we know whose we are. We only know ourselves in relationship to others.
The imagery in the Song of Songs shows me that I am God's and he is mine.
7:10 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
This is intended as a sexual comment, where the woman knows her beloved desire to have sex with her and no one else. She understands he want her alone, not just for her body but her whole self.
God greatly desires to be in relationship with his people and the best imagery of that is a man's desire for a woman.
7:10 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
This is intended as a sexual comment, where the woman knows her beloved desire to have sex with her and no one else. She understands he want her alone, not just for her body but her whole self.
God greatly desires to be in relationship with his people and the best imagery of that is a man's desire for a woman.
8:14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.
Perhaps the response to this is found in Revelation 22:20, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
8:14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.
Perhaps the response to this is found in Revelation 22:20, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.