In response to Greg’s post about how to interpret the Song of Songs (Solomon, etc.), I have to say that I am in complete agreement with Greg’s inclination to add an interpretive level to the book for God’s love for His people. I picked the text (Song of Songs 2:4) and intended that to be one of the applications. I also agree that the primary point of the text is about the love of a man and woman for one another. However, scripture routinely uses that relationship as a metaphor for God’s love for His people. I think that one would be remiss in preaching from a text like this to ignore the aspects of God and His people. We cannot think rightly about love or relationships anywhere from scripture without first thinking about God’s love. All of our loves are derivative from God. Where’s Keith on this question? Surely this is a good opportunity to trot out one of the church fathers . . .

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