Song of Songs 4

In the first five verses of this chapter, Solomon is praising his lover’s physical attributes. Even though, in today’s society, these verses may not seem to make much sense to us, we must realize that at that point in time, these were beautifully poetic things to say.

Now, here is what I find interesting. In the first chapter of this book, our maiden referred to herself as black and talked about how others treated her poorly for it, but here we find that her lover is endlessly praising her beauty. What does this mean to us? Could it be that everyone else somehow did not notice how beautiful she was? Could it be that he is mistaken and that she is not nearly as attractive as he thinks? Or is it possible that his love for her is so powerful that he cannot see her flawls and only sees the perfections in her. This would indeed explain verse 7:

“Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.”

True love looks past imperfections and sees only perfect beauty. This is the same way with Christ. Even though we were covered in our filthy sins, it is because of his perfect love that we are now spotless and blameless in his eyes.