Session 217: Song of Songs - “Passionate Love on Many Levels”| “More Marian References”

Key Points:

A song of PASSION, on many levels.
On the literal level, it is about passionate love between a man and a woman.

But on a much deeper level, it stands for:
The Passion of God for Israel
The Passion of Christ for His Church
The Passion of God for each individual

Note that the passion is two-way:  Each seems consumed with desire for the other.  (How passionate are you toward God?  Is God constantly on your mind, as might be the case during courtship with someone you love?)

Though written hundreds of years before Christ, references to “myrrh. Frankincense” (3:6) remind us of Christ.

Some Marian references seen by the Church:
2:2 “beloved among women”
3:11 “King...in the crown which his mother has crowned him.”  (Remember, in the southern kingdom, the queen was the King’s MOTHER, not his wife!)
6:10” “as beautiful as the moon, as resplendent as the sun.”  (See Mary in Revelation 12:1)
6:12 “blessed one of my kinswomen” (See Luke 1:48 “All call me blessed.”)

5:6-8 Sometimes (as in “Job”) it seems that God is nowhere to be found, but continue to seek God, knowing his passion for us is eternal.