Before Feb ends, allow me to share a sermon guide on NOT awakening love in young women before the appointed time. Once romantic love is awakened, it will be extremely difficult to put it back to sleep. Thus, poetry from Scripture gives us caution.
The Song of Solomon, also known as the Song of Songs, is traditionally believed to be the work of King Solomon. However, an alternative viewpoint relates to another author or curator whose work reflected Solomonic wisdom. Traditionally, the book was treated as a united work, but another viewpoint is that it is an anthology, a collection of poems arranged to reflect a story. The poetic structure involves romantic dialogue and is full of symbols and imagery.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases (Song of Solomon 8:4).
The poem calls for the daughters of Jerusalem, the future wives and mothers of the nation. But it is not a simple appeal but a significant charge. It is a mandate, and those who read it must not take the message lightly. Instead, they should treat it with utmost importance.
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