Song of Romance
This book is HOT. I didn’t realize how explicit the song is, it is filled with sexual innuendos.
Why would God put his book in the bible? I think it is because God want’s to celebrate romance and sex in the context of marriage.
There are also some wisdom for single in the book. I think it is meant for singles to read as well, even to understand the sexually explicit content – the revelation is that sexual romance is something that consumes a person with passion and it is not something to play with because once it is stirred up their is no going back (8:4).
The author of this book wrote to rebuke Solomon’s lifestyle of sexual promiscuity – he had over a thousand wives. The author shows that Solomon has forfeited romance and true love for something counterfeit. The author’s purpose in writing this book was to try to steer the Jewish society clear of the unwise and joyless sexual lifestyle of Solomon. This is a message that is needed in this age as well.
The book ends with the groom speaking to Solomon telling him that he is not envious of all his wives, he would not trade his “vineyard” for Solomon’s (8:11-12).
“My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand” — celebrate your spouse.
