“Son 4:12 A
garden enclosed is my sister, my
spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Son
4:13 Thy shoots are a paradise
of pomegranates, with precious
fruits; Henna with spikenard plants; Son 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: Son 4:15 A fountain in the gardens, A well of
living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.”
The book of Solomon's Song of
Songs has always been controversy among exegetes. In this regard here is an
extract from a Wikipedia article dealing with this book: "The
book was first rejected because of its secular character shown through many
erotic images such as "Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle"
or "Your breasts like ripe grapes." Christian exegetes have often
been puzzled by this book. The humanist Sebastian Castellio had doubts about
the divine inspiration of the book because of its sensual nature, which exposed
him to the wrath of John Calvin. Nevertheless, he kept it in his translation of
the Bible. While it is recognized as part of the biblical canon, its content
has troubled many. ... The book is dealing with a sensual love and passing
continuously through the exaltation of beauty and physical intercourse. The book
Hebrew language makes clear reference to sensuality and a love relationship
expressed physically, right from its opening lines, as in the 2nd verse
of chapter 1, "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your
kisses are better than wine": the word translated "kisses" in
Hebrew (דּוֹדֶיךָ,
dodeikha), means love (intercourse) and insinuates love deeds (kissing,
fondling), so that, associated with another term (and declined), it means the
marriage bed."
Judging that this book should
not be part of the biblical canon for the reasons read in the extract denotes a
turbid and pathetic hypocrisy. The Most holy
God deals with the most sinful man, and he does this in every detail even
touching their impurities: this is the great mystery of God's love that leaves
Satan and all angels puzzled. The Law of Moses shows how God deals with man in
the details of his flesh, even in regard to his call of nature. We read this
for example: “Deu 23:13
And thou shalt have a shovel amongst thy weapons, and it shall be, when
thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and
cover that which is come from thee.” About
carnal union in the domestic context we read clear biblical instructions such
as: “1Co 7:3 Let the husband render her due to the wife,
and in like manner the wife to the husband. 1Co 7:4 The wife has not authority over her own body,
but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own
body, but the wife. 1Co 7:5 Defraud not one another, unless, it may be,
by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be
together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.” “Pro 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of
the wife of thy youth. Pro 5:19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her
breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.”
He to whom God's love in Jesus
Christ was revealed shall take the book of Song of Songs for one of the most
wonderful of the Bible. The explicit language relating to carnal relations is
not a coincidence either. “2Ti 3:16
Every scripture is
divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness; 2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be complete, fully
fitted to every good work.” God had
already used somewhere imagery with the same concepts: garden, tree, fruit, eating
and ending up naked, etc. Now, as the Holy Scriptures can be explained only by
the Holy Scriptures, it was expedient that in the same Bible we find other
passages more explicit on these concepts and thus rule out any particular
interpretation based on the "in my opinion ..." "I think ..."
So the Bible would have been incomplete and inconsistent without this book which
gives us lucidly the unequivoqual meaning of the concepts used in the hidden
mysteries from ancient times.
In the introduction passage we
found that the garden – a place to relax and delight – is rather a human being,
love Shulamite. Then we can see how she, using the same language, invites her
beloved: “Son
4:16 Awake, north wind, and
come, thou south;
Blow upon my garden, that
the spices thereof may flow forth. Let
my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits.” Here the love invites her beloved in a human garden
that is her own body, not a botanical garden. Here is how the beloved responds
to this invitation « Son 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten
my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk…” Each term
used in this passage is out of ordinary meaning as we can see in these
passages: “Son
5:13 His cheeks are as a bed
of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Son 4:11 Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell
of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Son
7:2 Thy navel is a round
goblet, which
wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies; Son 7:9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, ...That goeth down
smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.” The female body is the garden hosting spices
(cheeks), lilies (lips) dropping with myrrh, honey (and honey and milk are
under your tongue), a round goblet (the navel), a heap of wheat (belly), etc.
Another offer of the bride is
presented in the following passage: “Son 8:2
I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldest
instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my
pomegranate.” The wine in question, is love
(physical in this specific context): « Son 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the
fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!” (1 :2,4 ;
2 :4) ; and pomegranates are also explained: “Son 4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And
thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy
veil. Son 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples
Behind thy veil.”
The groom, meanwhile, made the
description of his bride, “Son 7:7
This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to grape
clusters.” Then he proposes to climb the palm tree: “Son 7:8
I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs
thereof; And thy breasts shall indeed be like clusters of the vine, And the
fragrance of thy nose like apples, Son 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine,
...” If someone takes in isolation the section "I
will go up to the palm-tree" without placing it in context, it will give
another sense irrelevant. This does also verify the saying "a text without
context is a pretext."
The Bible speaks of trees in
many places and, according to the given context, they mean Israel and Judah (Jer
11), kings or kingdoms (Da 4, Ez 31), men (Za 4, Luke 3: 7 -9, Mark 8: 24),
Jesus Christ himself (Jn 15). In the description given above by the groom, we
also noted that a tree can be a part of the human body in the context where it
is considered garden. In this understanding, the organ at the center of the body
will be the tree at the center of the garden. It is about respecting the
context and consistency of the Holy Scriptures. While reading the story of the
fall, readers unfortunately try to ignore the context which is, however, given
earnestly.
The story is introduced as
follows: “Gen
2:25 And they were both naked, Man and his wife,
and were not ashamed.” This
passage gives us the context properly: Everything is revolving around sex and
nudity. And to reinforce this, Scripture continues: “Ge 3:1 …
The serpent was naked, more than any living of the fields that IHVHAdonaï
Elohîms had made” (French
Chouraqui, translated in English by the Author). For the woman to eat the fruit
with the serpent, it was necessary that the latter was naked. And this context
of sex is definitely confirmed by the result: “Gen 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
If up to this level still it is
not sufficiently clear to your mind – provided that you are sincere and honest
in your judgment – you will anyway recognize that these indications given by
God are puzzling since Scripture cannot be broken and God can give no single detail
in vain. Moreover, since now you know for a fact according to the Scriptures
that every woman has two mouths, that there is "eat" and
"eat", "fruit" and "fruit", "tree" and
"tree", "garden" and "garden", you will need to
ask yourself this question in your reflection to answer the puzzle: they ate,
it is true; but by what mouth? – The innocent mouth or the least honest mouth?
and linking the scriptures you find the answer, mostly in Proverbs 30:20 and in
the book of Song of Songs.
Whoever reads a scripture – in this
case, the story of the fall – and insists on rejecting the context that is
planted is an unforgivable cheat, forger, counterfeiter. These are the false
teachers who use the Bible right when they need to support their already
preconceived doctrines, doctrines that cannot withstand the test of the Holy
Bible scriptures in their consistency. The doctrine may well seem in harmony
with a scripture in isolation, but when confronted with other biblical
passages, it crashes. Receive the word of God by faith and with humility then
it will be revealed to you and God will give you understanding.
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