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15.4 Let’s Practice….
1. What is a “Standard Metaphor?”
2. What is a “Twisted Metaphor?”
3. How might we interpret “kisses of his mouth” as an explanation of spiritual truth?
4. How would most women respond if someone compared her breasts to a “clusters of grapes?”
5. Explain the imagery of a garden.
6. Explain the imagery of a lily
7. Where was the woman when the king first saw her?
8. Briefly contrast her two dreams.
9. Explain the theme as expressed in 8:6, especially “like a mighty flame.”
15.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson….
The temptations are great in all cultures. In a modern setting we are encouraged toward self-
expression. “In Hollywood language, romance is expressed as a passive activity. Usually
couples will say they have ‘fallen’ in love. Or they may talk about being ‘swept off their feet.’
Adulterous couples sometimes even say, ‘We couldn’t help ourselves; it just happened!’”
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The Song would identify this as lust, unchecked desires given free reign.
242 Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000), 155.
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