Jesus, My Beloved

Matt Hebert, The Crossway Ministry, 4/28/24

The Song of Solomon is unlike any other book in the scriptures. It is considered both poetry and wisdom literature but also described as a collection of love poems. The literal meaning is focused on the intimate love between the king and his bride. But according to one source, the book was not read by the rabbi’s as a literal love story between a man and his wife until the Middle Ages. Instead, it was considered an allegory describing God’s love, a King, towards His bride, Israel. This is more consistent with the whole of scripture in that the purpose of God’s word is to reveal His love to a lost and dying world, and Israel was a big step in that direction.

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