Song of Songs 1:9-11 - “I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.  Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.  We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.”

The Song of Songs is more than just a love poem about Solomon and his wife. It is a prophecy about Christ and His Bride, the faithful church. The New Testament often refers to the true church as the Bride of Christ, and Jesus as the Bridegroom. “I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband…Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb…” (Revelation 21:2, 9). “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . . . to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless…” (Ephesians 5:25-32)

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Song of Songs 1:1 - “Solomon’s Song of Songs”

Solomon is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, particularly the Spirit’s reign in and through the Church. Overall, the Song of Songs is a prophecy about the intense loving relationship between Christ and the faithful church. Solomon’s wedding is given a great deal of attention in Scripture due to its prophetic significance of referring to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. (See Psalm 45). The New Testament often refers to the true church as the Bride of Christ, and Jesus as the Bridegroom.

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“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— 

       for your love is more delightful than wine.” - Song of Songs 1:2

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“…Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out.  No wonder the maidens love you!“  - Song of Songs 1:3

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Song of Songs 2:10- My lover spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. “

The Song of Songs provides a prophetic picture of the relationship between Christ and the faithful church.  The Scriptures devote attention to Solomon’s wedding because it points forward to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.  continue

“…See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.  Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.” - Song of Songs 2:11-12

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The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me. - Song of Songs 2:13

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“…My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.” – Song of Songs 2:14

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Song of Songs 2:15 - ”Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards, the vineyards that are in bloom…“

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“All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.”  - Song of Songs 3:1

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