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Brief message from the book

SONG OF SONGS

WRITTEN BY THE PASTOR
It is Never

JOE NEWELL
The Song of too Late

here is much to be said concer-
ning love from the point of Songs is proba-
view of the world, with many bly sung by two
T books and songs written people who are to
within a variety of genres concerning
the idea of love, leaving much room madly in love.
Shulamite Pattern your Marriage
for confusion for young people con- One is Solomon,
cerning things pertaining to love and the other is this
relationships. As divorce rates conti-
nue to rise, pornography being intro- woman.
duced to young people at progressi- Solomon was
vely earlier ages, and a general decli- first known in the
ne in the biblical teaching of love and book as a young shepherd, and the
biblical intimacy in families and chur- Shulamite, of the daughters of Jerusa-
ches, young (and old) Christians are lem. After seeing her, The shepherd
in need now, more than ever, to turn goes away and promises to return and
to the word of God for instruction on marry her. In his absence the Shula-
these matters. mite can only dream about his return
SONG OF SONGS and contemplate her love for him.
Written by King Solomon, is set as When he returns as the King, Solo-
a superlative song. It is of highest mon takes her back to Jerusalem for
quality or degree, which is a tremen- marriage, and to be with him as long
dous statement, being that Solomon as they both shall live.
wrote 1,005 songs (I Kings 4:29-32) The Poetry of this Song is difficult
and Solomon was the wisest (aside to understand at times, particularly
from the LORD Jesus Christ) that trying to figure out who is talking.
ever lived (I Kings 3:5-12). Other parts of this song, by interpreta-
tion, are VERY graphic concerning
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