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Song of Songs... Purpose?

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Redbird:
I just can not get this out of my mind...so here it is.  Yes, I see this as a love story between Christ and his church.  Can it also be a story of our true mates?  Are we shown our soul mates early in life, and then the world gets in the way of this true love.  First love is often spoke of, as well as soul mates...which brings to mind the following;

Matthew 19: 4-6 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh: Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

                                             
And even though, the world separates the lovers, they are still in love.  Will all be reconciled through Christ one day with their true mates?  I hope so.  There is too much loneliness in this world.  And maybe, the divorce rate would go down a bit.  :)

Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you!
Lisa

Beloved:
Wow Roy

Thanks for bringing this topic up. I apologize for taking soooooo long to respond...your question really stirred me up.  There are some things that are posted her on the forum that need lots of thought and study. We should not always be in a rush to post sometimes.

This Book on the Song of songs is soooooooo spiritually deep. You cannot read it when you are in Babylon only when you come out.

Yes Justine it is the same message but now it is PERSONAL.Maybe Intimate is a better word>

Each of us is the Shulemite who attempting to commune with The BELOVED/ the KIng.  

There are nineteen other characters or portraits of ourseves in this story. 

Two main chraracters are
1. Solomon- The Peaceable God, The Beloved The Elect One
2. The Shulamite- The Peaceable Bride, The Choice One

Others
3. The Daughters of Jerusalem- The Carnal Ones (1:5; 2:2,7; 3:5,10,11; 5:8,16; 6:9; 8:4)
4. The flocks- The Closer Ones (1:8)
5. The kids of the flocks- The Infant Ones (1:8)
6. The street watchmen- The Preaching Ones (3:3,4; 5:7)
7. The virgins- The Pure Ones (1:3; 6:8)
8. The Shulamite's Mother- The Institutional Ones (1:6; 3:4,11; 8:1,2,5)
9. Brother- The Kindly Ones (8:1)
10. 60 Valient Men- The Warrior Ones (3:7,8)
11. Keepers of the walls- The Ecclesiastical Ones (5:7)
12. 60 Queens- The Gracious Ones (6:8,9)
13. 80 Concubines- The Serving Ones (6:8,9)
14. A little sister- The Immature Ones (8:8) 1 Introduction
15. Keepers of the vineyard
16. The upright- The Righteous Ones (1:4)
17. The sons
18. The companions- The Backsliding Ones (1:7; 8:13)
19. The shepherds- The Pastoring Ones
20. Friends- the Associated Ones (5

Oh this was great to re-study. The Genders in the Bible do not correlate with the worlds view of gender. 

Every "person on earth"  is female gender in relation to God.
This is individual and corporate..

Even Adam gave physical "birth to Eve" and Eve gave physical birth to all the rest... never mind the deeper...out of her came the physical Jesus Christ who is timeless and gives Spiritual LIFE TO ALL.

This Book is truly a banquet of spiritual meat.

Beloved

jackson:
Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are books of incredable instruction, knowledge and wisdom.  The Song of Solomon is a book; as everyone has so aptly pointed out; about love.  God's love for us and what our love for one another should be.

There is a very good reason this book of love follows immediatly after these books of great wisdom.....

WISDOM WITH OUT LOVE IS MEANINGLESS!

In His Grace,
Jackson

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