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Song
of
Solomon
or
Song
on
Songs
6 topics to cover
1 Where you fell in love
(1:1-1:8)
Learning what true love is
2 How to date you mate
(1:9-3:5)
Honoring you mate while keeping the marriage alive
3 Biblical sex (3:6-5:1)
What God says about sex
4 How to fight clean
(5:2-6:13)
Fighting but not sinning
5 How to deepen you
marriage (7:1-8-4)
Continuing to honor you mate
6 How to grow old
together (8:5-8:14)
Practical things to stay fit in marriage
About the book
1 This is a 3000 year old document (written 965 BC)
2 Not an allegory. Very few commentaries that take it
literally.
3 This is one of 5 poetic books between 17 historical
and 17 prophetic books.
4 The book is written like a dramatic play.
5 Characters are:
Solomon (wisest man ever, author of many songs, built the
Temple, David’s and Bathsheba’s son)
Shulammite (common female worker in the land)
The Daughters of Jerusalem (The Chorus off to the side
giving commentary. Possible the ladies of Solomon palace)
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