Key Words: Love, Shulamite, King Solomon Solomon wrote Song of Solomon, according to the first verse. The song is one of 1,005 that Solomon wrote (1 Kings 4:32). The title Song of Songs” is a superlative, meaning this is the best one. The song begins before the wedding, as the bride-to be longs to be with her betrothed, and she looks forward to his intimate touch. However, she advises letting love develop naturally, in its own time The king praises the Shulamite’s beauty, overcoming her feelings of insecurity about her appearance. The Shulamite has a dream in which she loses Solomon and searches throughout the city for him. With the help of the city guards, she finds her beloved and clings to him, taking him to a safe place. Upon waking, she repeats her injunction not to force love. The song is a celebration of romance, human sexuality and passionate love between a man and a woman. This book is often spiritualized by the Church, seeing the admiration between the two lovers as representing the love of Christ for His Bride the Church. Song of Solomon is a song about love and human sexuality. Marriage is a covenant union with intimacy between a husband and wife. Jesus is our bundle of Myrrh (1:13), Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valley.
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