Song of Solomon, Friends and Lovers, Love and Sex
Song of Solomon, a tale of love and sex. A married couple of friends and lovers.
Song of Solomon, one of the most enigmatic books in the Bible. It’s about an intimate relationship, but is it only on a physical level of Solomon and the Shulamite woman? Or, is it on a spiritual plane of Christ and the Church? It’s the only book in the Bible with no direct reference to God.
The Explanation broaches this subject because we are in Genesis 2:21–24, discussing the creation of the woman. In Genesis 1:27, we discussed the meaning of the Biblical Hebrew words zachar (male) and nekava (female). The names of the genders have significant sense: preeminence and hole. If you are here for the first time, please read those articles for details, or you will not grasp the deeper meaning of these terms. They are used both figuratively and literally. Literally, concerning the sexual act.
I pointed out that human genitals are the prominent, visible identifier of gender and reproduction. But reproduction and particularly sex, which we shall be discussing here, begin way before and end way after the climactic act itself. Human behavior, feelings, emotions, and body functions come into play long before sexual intercourse; this is what the Song of Solomon is all about.
