12/5/2023 0 Comments Song of solomon bible study guideThe tumultuous relationships reported in the Hollywood tabloids should prove this to us. Great sexual intimacy isn’t the result of perfect bodies. Love flourishes when we choose to delight in one another. However, the secret in Song of Solomon is not just for the newlywed, but for all married couples. Her face was without wrinkles, her body was firm and her breath didn’t stink. He had more hair, a flatter stomach, and more ivory-like muscles. Back then, it was easier to praise each other in bed. About half of the book is this love-sick couple praising each other.Īs you read this, you may think back to the puppy-love days of being a newlywed. These passages are just a sample of praise found in Song of Solomon. His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His body is like polished ivory decorated with sapphires. His arms are rods of gold set with chrysolite. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh. His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels. His hair is purest gold his hair is wavy and black as a raven. My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand. You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride. Your two breasts are like two fawns, like win fawns of a gazelle… On it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors. Your neck is like the tower of David, built with elegance Your temples behind your view are like the halves of pomegranate. Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon your mouth is lovely. Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from washing Įach has its twin not one of them is alone. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead. How beautiful you are, my darling Oh, how beautiful! It’s as if they couldn’t find enough words to express how pleasing and beautiful they were to each other. The husband and wife took turns praising each other. This man and women found the deepest sexual pleasure together by focussing on the beauty of one another. I’ve read the book Song of Solomon many times, but recently God showed me something a little different. Isn’t it ironic how Satan wants us to enjoy sex outside of marriage but he works to sabotage sexual pleasure within marriage? How few married couples can truly say that they enjoy the gift of sexual intimacy, as God designed it to be enjoyed! This little Old Testament book gives us God’s stamp of approval for a married couple to deeply enjoy each other sexually. Is God truly that passionate? Is He really okay with everything this man and woman thought about, said and did together?īecause sexual pleasure has been so twisted in our culture, it can be difficult to grasp the fact that God created sexual intimacy to be exciting, vulnerable, powerful and satisfying. Yes, I know it’s a book about sex, but it still strikes me with its sensual, erotic imagery. Have you ever read a portion of the Bible that gave you pause? As you read, you thought, “That doesn’t seem to square with what I think about God.” This has happened to me many times reading the Old Testament prophets or the book of Revelation, but I also have that response whenever I read the Song of Solomon.
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