I remember, long, long ago, in Junior Sabbath School class in East Lansing, Michigan, when one of my friends called my attention to Song of Solomon's very descriptive language in praise of his lover's beauty. I was quite surprised to read words like that in the Bible! No need for surprise: God created man and woman, He created marriage, and He created sexual love. What do you think Adam and Eve did that first Friday in Eden?
While some would "spiritualize away" these poems and say it just refers to Christ and the church, the SDA Bible Commentary states: "While the whole song is apparently a love story of Solomon and a country girl of northern Palestine whom King Solomon married only for love, the story itself serves as a beautiful illustration of the love of Christ for the church as a whole..." (Volume 3, p. 1110).
So, we can appreciate the Song on two levels--the beauty of married love, and the love that Jesus has for His followers.
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