Song Of Solomon Analysis |Introduction|

Song Of Solomon

Well, Like the title, this is going to be a series of blogs over the next couple weeks I'd say, on the Song Of Solomon in the Old Testament.

I recall a conversation,where people were saying that the Song Of Solomon was just about sex, and I tend to disagree, I believe it's about love between a man and a woman, or the love Christ has for us.
I will be using The Wycliffe Bible Commentary as my reference guide, and study of the Song Of Solomon chapter by chapter.

This blog, is just the introduction of the book and future blogs will be analyzed by the chapter. :) I hope you enjoy this series and I'm very excited to see what this book in the Bible really means.


Interpretation:
As to it's literary genre the Song Of Solomon is obviously a poem of love. The difficulty is how to interpret it. There are four different ways that you can interpret it.

I. The Allegorical View
This was the interpretation common among the Jews from ancient times, and from the it has passed over into the Christian Church. It seems that the Jews regarded the Song as expressing the love relationship between and His chosen people. Eventually the Christian Church saw in it reflected love between Christ and the Church.

II. The Dramatic View
The essence of this view, as advocated by Franz Delitzsch, is that the Song Of Solomon is a drama representing Solomon as having fallen in love with a rustic girl, the Shulamite, whom he takes to his royal palace in Jerusalem. And a particular form of this view, "The shepherd hypothesis", introduces a third character, a shepherd to whom the Shulamite girl remains faithful to despite the advances of Solomon.

III. The Typical View
This view, too, holds that  in the Song there is portrayed the great love between Christ and the Church, King Solomon being regarded as a type of Christ and the bride, representing the Church. However this view differs from the allegorical in that it tries to do justice to the actual language of the Song without seeking a special meaning in every phrase, as the allegorical view does.

IV. The Natural or Literal View
The basic tenet of this view is that the Song is a poem extolling human love. From that point on, because of the inclusion of this book in the canon of Scripture, adherents of this view may differ widely as to the ultimate significance of this song of love.

Alrighty then, so the Song Of Solomon is pretty much instructing us to NOT glamorize physical beauty and idolize the biological aspect of marriage. Notwithstanding the straight-forward manner in which physical beauty and attractiveness are described, the love relationship portrayed in the Song is of lofty character.
Thus, the Song holds before us the ideal love relationship in a marriage.

The reading of this book, far from raising sensuous thoughts in our minds, should lead us to praise the Creator who created man in His own image, who made the human body beautiful. The very reading of this book should also make us aware of our sinful failures in our attitude toward members of the other sex in general, and in particular our sins of the flesh within marriage.

This it is by this book the Holy Spirit will lead sinners to the Christ who is also the Redeemer and Sanctifier of holy wedlock. Seeing and experiencing the purity and holiness of this earthly bond of love will also lead us to better understanding of that love relationship which is heavenly and eternal, namely, the spotlessly pure and indestructible bond of love that exists between Christ and His Church.

Well, I hope you guys found this blog helpful and loaded with information about the Song Of Solomon. I know I'm excited to explore this book in the Bible in a deeper way, and take it how God intended for us to receive it and definitely not in a sinful way. I hope you guys will read with me to the end. :)

Let's go on this journey together,
Tori Taylar

Songs In Remembrance

Remember ( Definition)- to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again;to have recollection.

I'd like to know that people will remember me.

  Not because I was fun to be around but because I made an impact on their life.

I don't want to be another memory to people that eventually fade along with time. I don't have to be in their minds every second but maybe once or twice at least after I'm gone, I'd like to be remembered for the Love I have for Christ.
  Remembered by my songs.

My Song Book

When someone listens to my songs, I'd like to for them to feel like they've just listened to my heart. They just listened to how I feel about the Lord and more importantly that they've had an experience with God like I do when I write them.

My songs are my legacy to be my remembered by.
They are the very reason why I'm pursuing what am I going after now. God intended for me to be a musician, to be a songwriter, for His glory. I wouldn't dream of doing anything else.

I wasn't always one to say that either. I often tried to run from my calling. Telling God that I didn't want to be influence on people. That why every person that comes in my life is because I have to be an influence on them? I stopped that way of thinking a long time ago, and humbled myself and looked at it as an honor. God chose me, to influence people, and I've learned that it's through my music. Not through talking to people or counseling ( well for now anyway) but it's definitely through my music. And I'm so grateful that He's chosen to work through me, and often I feel that I'm not worthy of such a task, but I take His hand and ask Him to guide me through whatever I have to do.

I don't write my songs.
God writes them.
I didn't teach myself to play guitar.
The Holy Spirit taught me. I know it may sound ridiculous to some people but He did, I can't tell you how I learned anything on that instrument and picked it up, but I did by the grace of God because I asked Him to be my teacher and He has been.

Yes those songs are "my songs" but really it's God's songs. I can't take any of the credit. I won't be able to write anymore without Him.

'Til next time my fellow songwriters
Tori Taylar

Psalm 45:1 -

My heart is stirred by a beautiful song.

I say, “I have composed this special song for the king;

my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.

My Special Song for the King: http://soundcloud.com/eric-chancey/place-of-intimacy/s-6n1Ec