Sunday School Lesson for the week of October 23, 2011. Unit I. Teaching and Learning. Song of Solomon 4:8-16; 5:1a (Devotional Reading Genesis/Bereshith 2:18-24)
Song of Solomon/Songs is in the Hebrew canon the first of the five Megilloth or rolls and is annually read by the Jews in their synagogues at the Feast of the Passover.
Megilloth or Rolls is a term applied by the Jews to five books of the Old Testament: Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. These books were to be read publicly in the synagogues in certain special occasions in the year.
Feast of Passover was the covenant feast of Israel, kept on the 14th Abib or Nisan (March-April) followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which lasted seven days (Leviticus 23:6).
I am sharing from two different outlines from my Sunday School Books: 1. Teacher's Guide & 2. Adult Lesson Book.
Christian Courtship/Dating .... Song of Solomon 1:2-3:5
Christian Wedding ... Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1
Christian Marriage ... Song of Solomon 5:2-8:14
Focus of the Sunday School Lesson is on the Wedding Night ... Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1a
Commitment (Song of Solomon 4:8)
Anticipation (Song of Solomon 4:8-11)
Song of Solomon 5:9-16 .... The Outward Man; Manly Beauty
Song of Solomon 4:1,2,3,4,5,8
Verses 1,2,3,4,5 ... The Outward Man; The Nature Of The Body; Female Beauty
Verse 8 ... Amana (security)
Verse 8 ... Shenir, Amori to the name of 'Hermon'
Verse 8 ... Lebanon (white mountains) its cedar
Verse 8 ... The Family; Betrothal & Wedding; The Bridegroom, :Longing for the Bride
(Song of Solomon 5:1,2; Genesis 12, Matthew 4:18-20 - Reference Scriptures in Sunday School Book)
Adoration (Song of Solomon 4:9-11)
Appreciation (Song of Solomon 4:12-15)
Song of Solomon 4:6 ... The Family; Betrothal & Wedding; The Bridegroom; Response to the Bridegroom
Song of Solomon 4:7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 .... The Family; Betrothal & Wedding; The Bridegroom, Longing for the Bride
(I Corinthians 6:15-18)
Affirmation (Song of Solomon 4:16; 5:1a)
The Garden (Song of Solomon 4:12-16; 5:1a)
Verse 16 ... The Family; Betrothal & Wedding; The Bridegroom, Response to the Bridegroom
Song of Solomon 5:1 ... The Family; Betrothal & Wedding; The Wedding, Consummation
Genesis/Bereshith 2:18-24
Verses 18,20,22,23 ... The Family; The Institution & Laws of Marriage; Marriage a Divine Ordinance
Verse 19 ... External Nature; Man & The Animal Creation; Man's Dominion over Animals
Verse 21 ... Miracles; Supernatural Bodily Gifts & Deprivations; Sleep
Verse 24 ... The Family; The Institution & Laws of Marriage; Monogamy, Implied in the Original Institution of Marriage
Monogamy (the practice or state of being married to one person at a time)
I Corinthians 7:29 ... The Family; Virginity; But Better to Marry Than to Burn
Scripture reference used/taken from: The International Teacher's Handy Bible Encyclopedia/Concordance KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible & Reader's Digest Oxford Complete WordFinder
