The Road to Understanding The Song
Look for books, websites, and videos on the Song of Songs, and it will overwhelm you. It’s amazing how much is out there! Weird and cultic teachings about it, marriage sex manuals, and on the other side of the spectrum – more impractical, ‘mystical’ interpretations that are hard to wrap one’s head, let alone one’s heart, around.
Instantly one realizes that what needs to be sought in earnest is God’s Voice about the Song. There is a world of difference between human opinions that come from “earthly wisdom,” and God’s Truth that comes from divine revelation, and through divine relationship. It is this one and only “Truth”(or “Voice”) that we seek here, together.
I say “together,” because I can only assume (as someone interested in subscribing to this type of website) that you are already in relationship to God, and recognize His voice. And as such, you know His voice is a “tree of Life” in the midst of all the other voices in the world, and you hunger for it! This instantly connects our hearts together. No one is alone, who seeks to be led and motivated by Truth, with true humility of heart.
But how do we hear and be led by God’s Truth (“His voice”) in the Song of Solomon – a challenging book that does not even mention God directly? Or “doctrine?” And that is dripping with sexual innuendos?
Ahhh, that is exactly the adventure we are about to embark on!
But as a sneak peek, and to set the table for the feast, you can count on this book (the Song) pointing us toward an intimate, spiritual relationship with our Beloved, and “His body.” Yes – that means all of His individual, human “body parts.”
More about that as we get further down the road. :-)
But speaking of a “road:” two men once walked on a road called “Emmaus,” (a road is how we get somewhere) puzzling over the recent crucification of Jesus by Roman authorities, and then, the amazing news of His coming back to life! Suddenly Jesus Christ, in His resurrected body, appeared to these two men and does something beautiful. He opens their eyes to recognize Him, by first causing their hearts to burn! How did He do that? By “expounding to them in all the scriptures, the things that concerned Himself,” Luke 24:27.
Have you ever considered that “all” includes the Song of Solomon as well?
So that is the approach we are going to take in the upcoming journey. To seek the living Spirit of Christ directly, about the heavenly meaning of this very small, but powerful book. How it points to Christ. And what it means for our lives and relationships.
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