For readers, Song of Songs is most concerned about: "Who is the groom?" . Generally speaking, everyone will think that the groom is King Solomon. However, after I read it, I found something was wrong. These five songs mentioned Solomon's glory many times. In a word, the writing of Song of Songs can be said to be the most difficult and obscure one in the whole Bible. It's confusing. It's hard to see.
In fact, I believe Solomon wrote it on purpose. Because, this book is like this world, it is vague. Israel can never tell the golden calf from the LORD, nor can it tell Baal from the LORD. However, people who truly belong to the Lord will not be confused. Because the Lord said, "My sheep know my voice." Next, we will analyze the story of Song of Songs step by step, uncover the mystery of this story and the truth hidden behind it, so that we can understand it.
Story: King Solomon has a vineyard in Baalhamon. He gave the garden to the caretaker and gave the gardener 65,438+0,000 shekels of silver as his salary every year. The night watchman is a group of people. They didn't look at it themselves, but let their sister look at Solomon's garden. The bride's own vineyard is neglected and desolate. However, while guarding the vineyard, the woman met a shepherd, who was her lover. So, they started an unforgettable love. My wife fell in love with her at first sight, but she never wanted to go with him because she was guarding the garden. Later, she finally made up her mind to leave with her lover. When they get married, the lover will come back to hire her.
Narrative order: The narrative order of Song of Songs is not in chronological order. The story of Song of Songs is revealed through the dialogue between Shulami and Jerusalem women. They first met on the day when Solomon chose to get married. All the women in Jerusalem went to choose their marriage, hoping to be chosen by Solomon. But Shulami didn't expect it, because her heart missed her lover. When all the women in Jerusalem laughed at her being black, she couldn't help telling them how good her lover was. All the women in Jerusalem think Solomon is very good, but Shulami thinks his good man is the best.
Background: Solomon has a vineyard in Baalhamon. He gave the vineyard to the keeper, and he will pay a thousand shekels of silver for the fruit.
The bride's brother contracted a vineyard from Solomon in Baalhamon. However, the bride's brothers asked their little sister to look after the vineyard. This young girl, the seed of love, has not grown up yet. Solomon went to their vineyard to pick fruit every year and paid them a commission for one year. It was at this time that Shulami saw Solomon.
Song of Songs is a song among songs. Simply put, it is the most beautiful song.
Because Song of Songs is about a woman, Shulami, who loved King Solomon (representing the king of the world) from the beginning and finally stayed with the shepherd (representing the king of heaven, Jesus Christ) after being tempered.
This song actually tells the story of every Christian who has been redeemed from the world.
At first, Shulami envied Solomon's wealth (just as Christians love the world and don't love God). However, the shepherd came to him later, and even took the trouble to find her from Mount Lebanon in the north (representing heaven). My lover's hand drops myrrh (on behalf of Jesus Christ who died for us). At first, she was considerate of her health and refused to come down and open the door for him. Later, I regretted it. I opened the door and found that my lover had gone far. So I lost my mind. Only then did she realize that what she loved in her heart was actually the young shepherd, and she realized how important this lover was to her.
From then on, she changed her mind and realized that Solomon with three wives and four concubines was a playboy. She finally understood the shepherd boy's true feelings for her. So she agreed with the shepherd that she would only marry one wife in her life (because love is as strong as death and jealousy is as cruel as the grave). Although the bride's brothers object to their sisters marrying shepherds, they want the girl to marry Solomon, so that they can get a good impression. However, the shepherd hired her with a generous dowry and even paid a ransom to Solomon to marry her. My lover said to Solomon, "This 1000 yuan is my ransom for the girl who keeps the vineyard for you." Another 200 pieces of silver were given to the bride's brother. After redeeming her, my wife will come to take Shulami home another day, and he promised to marry her home.
At the end of Song of Songs, the bride is ready, waiting for the return of her lover. She said, "My love, please come quickly! Such as antelope or deer on vanilla mountain. " This echoes the end of Revelation. Finally, the Lord Jesus said, "Yes, I will come soon." All the saints said, "Amen! Lord! I hope you can come! "