Possible symbols if the love song concerns marriage…
1. In the Old
Testament, Israel is regarded as the bride of Yahweh (Isaiah 54:5-6; Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:8-14; Hosea
2:16-20).
2. In the New
Testament, the church is seen as the bride of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2;
Ephesians 5:23-25; Revelation 19:7-9; 21:9).
3. The Song of
Solomon illustrates the former and anticipates the latter.
Possible symbols if the love song concerns dating…
1. The shepherd
pictures Christ, that Great Shepherd of the sheep (John 10).
2. The Shulammite
mirrors the church or the individual believer who is in the world, but is fully
devoted to the shepherd (2 Corinthians 11:2).
3. Solomon represents
the Prince of this world, and he employs worldly pomp, power, and magnificence
to advance his cause (Ephesians 2:2; Revelation 12:9).
4. The court women
represent those who admire this worldly prince and look askance at those who
turn their backs upon the world and all that it has to offer in favor of an
absent and, to them, unknown Beloved (1 Peter 4:4; Revelation 13:4).
